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Volume 17:7 July 2017
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O’Neill’s Dramatic Skill in Depicting the Most Pressing
Psychological Complexity of Modern Men with a Focus on
Treatment of Adultery and Love in His Plays: An Appraisal

Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A., Ph.D.


Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953) Courtesy: http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ni-Pe/O-Neill-Eugene.html

Abstract

This paper throws light upon the achievement of the great realist in the field of drama. Eugene O’Neill, who had contributed a lot to modern drama by focusing attention on the psychological complexities of the contemporary generation, It also focuses on his dramatic skill in depicting the most desperate need for reform and dynamism by which Eugene O’Neill proved himself to be the chief insurgent against dramatic conventions and the romantic banal and established himself as the symbol of the renaissance that paralleled on the stage. It neatly projects the depth of human nature manifested in an idealized and exalted position.

Keywords: Eugene O’Neill, psychological complexity, modern man, adultery, love.

Eugene O’Neill

There is no denying the fact that Eugene O’Neill is a great realist in the field of drama and all along his life, has been committed to the dramatization of the living, pulsating human drama. He is one of the greatest dramatists of America, the creator of serious American drama, almost as one, to whom goes to the credit of securing international honor and recognition for American drama. As a prominent dramatist of modern age, he is said to have contributed a lot to modern drama and his dramatic world is nothing but an objective kind of drama showing the working of men’s mind and conscience. The bulk of his output is fairly large, sufficiently large to place him securely in the forefront of twentieth century dramatists. As he belongs to the expressionistic school of drama, he is usually called the prevailing surface realism or naturalism.

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Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor, Head & Chairperson
School of English & Foreign Languages &
School of Indian Languages
Department of English & Comparative Literature
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai - 625 021
Tamilnadu
India
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