Honors Theses

Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Colby Kullman

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

After a semester of studying more than ten of Tennessee Williams plays, 1 decided to explore a selection of his plays in the context of magical realism. Initially, the connection between a playwright from the Southern United States and the literary tradition of Latin America seemed distant Upon further research and closer readings, however, I found that Tennessee Williams's plays The Glass Menagerie, Orpheus Descending, and Camino Real all exemplify various characteristics of the magical real within new contexts. In keeping with the tradition of magical realism. each of the plays uniquely exhibits the fantastic to speak to larger truths of humanity. Ultimately, 1 came to the conclusion that Williams's works do not fit perfectly into the mold of magical realism; instead they stretch the definition to accommodate another facet of the magical real for the American stage.

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