T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: A Streetcar Named Marge, Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh
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Born and educated in missouri; went to university of missouri. Gay came out during late 1930s. Moved to new orleans in 1939 when his partner died due to drug addiction. Caught up in mental illness due to his sisters condition; sister got a lobotomy because she has a mental illness. Ex) truman capote, cormac mccarthy, william faulkner. How does streetcar challenge the category of realism: theatricalism blanche hearing noises. 1947 written and premiered on broadway. Pulitzer prize for winning play in 1948. Tony award for best actress tandy as blanche. 1951- film starring marlon brando, jessica tandy, and vivien leigh. Describe, analyze, and interpret (using elinor fuchs" guidelines) Social world: everybody is in everyone else"s business; sense of community. Changes blanche arrives, stella gets pregnant, stanley hits stella, blanche and mitch, Streetcar named desire cemetery elysian fields. Elysian fields greek mythology; afterlife (heaven) for chosen dead, temporary. Belle reve beautiful dream; fall from grace/deterioration.
