IGNOU MEG-17 Help Book American Drama in English – MA English Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – American Drama: An Introduction
The Beginning of American Drama
Influences
Emergence of forms in American Drama

Block 2 – Musicals and Farce
What is a Musical?
Key Elements of Musical
The Necessity of Musicals
Royall Tyler’s The Contrast As A Farce
What is a Farce?
William Dean Howells’ Self-Sacrifice As A Farce

Block 3 – Naturalism/ Realism
Naturalism/Realism: The Concept
Lorraine Hansberry‘s A Raisin in the Sun As A Realist Play
Lorraine Hansberry‘s A Raisin in the Sun As A Marxist Play

Block 4 – The Twentieth Century Poetic Drama
Origin of Poetic Drama in the Early Twentieth Century
T.S.Eliot’s Contribution to Poetic Drama
T.S. Eliot’s A Family Reunion as a Poetic Drama
Modernism in T.S. Eliot’s A Family Reunion (Ms. Pritha Banerjee)

Block 5 – Absurd Drama
The Idea of the Absurd Drama
Absurd Drama: Technique
Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf: Contextualizing the Text
Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf as an Absurd drama

Block 6 – Expressionism
Expressionism: The Concept
The Technique of Expressionism
Eugene O Neill’s The Emperor Jones as an Exposition of Expressionism
Eugene O Neill as a Pioneer of Psycho`logical Drama

Block 7 – Avant Gardism
The Idea of Avant Garde
Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie as an Avant Garde Play
Theme of Social Protest in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menageri