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田纳西·威廉斯是当代美国戏剧史上继尤今·奥尼尔之后出现的最杰出的戏剧家之一。他曾先后四次获得纽约剧评奖、两次获得普利策奖以及其他各类戏剧奖项,无论是对戏剧形式还是对戏剧内容都做出了巨大贡献。他的戏描写了“人的内心里永远在开展的死亡与愿望之间、公与私之间、现实与理想之间、缺乏信心与不可避免的变化无常之间、对生活的热爱与趋向自我毁灭的强有力的冲动之间的搏斗。在当代剧作家中,没有哪一位会比田纳西·威廉斯更能深刻地体会到人类的交往,并从交往中发现一种生活意义,是多么困难的事情”(罗伯特·科里根)。尤为值得一提的是,威廉斯擅长以美国传统的南方故事为题材,运用独特、新颖的艺术手法深刻地
Tennessee Williams is one of the most prominent dramatists in the history of modern American theater following Eugene O’Neill. He won the New York Drama Critic Awards four times in succession, the Pulitzer Prize twice, and various other theater awards, both in terms of drama and dramatic content. His play portrays “the love and tendency toward life in the heart of man, between death and aspiration, between man and woman, between public and private, between reality and ideal, between lack of confidence and inevitable volatility, The struggle between the powerful impulses of destruction, and none of the contemporary dramatists who understand human beings more deeply than Tennessee Williams and find it difficult to find a meaning in life Things ”(Robert Corrigan). Particularly worth mentioning is that Williams is good at using the traditional southern story of the United States as a theme, the use of unique and innovative art practices profoundly