Role Reversals and the Generation-Defining Quest for Identity: A Study in Four Plays of The Realism of Sam Shepard

Author

Grant Gardner Robinson

Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Colby Kullman

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

In the contents of this thesis can be found an analysis of the work of Sam Shepard, modern American playwright. The analysis includes a look at a quartet of family plays: A Lie of the Mind, True West, Buried Child, and Curse of the Starving Class. In analyzing the action in each, I pose the problem of Identity crisis as it Is found in the role reversals that take place, how they are a reflection of the life of Shepard himself, how they are. In turn a reflection of young generations, and how a positive conclusion can be derived from the realistic answer Shepard seems to give.

Recommended Citation

Robinson, Grant Gardner, "Role Reversals and the Generation-Defining Quest for Identity: A Study in Four Plays of The Realism of Sam Shepard" (2011). Honors Theses. 2405.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2405

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