SCND Flashcards

1
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Who described Williams as “one of the most autobiographical of playwrights”?

A

Mel Gussow

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Which critic discussed the fact that Rose’s breakdown would always haunt Williams?

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Margaret Bradham Thornton

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Which critic described Williams as an artistic and cultural outsider?

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M. Tischler

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4
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How does Kolin describe SCND and Williams?

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“A conspicuous exception to the dichotomy between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture”

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5
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Who discusses the violent process of histiography in regards to women?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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What does Williams say about writing ‘little people’?

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“Whatever is living and feeling with intensity is not little”

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7
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Who discusses the history of the American South?

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M.O. Walsh

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8
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Who believes the play is about possession?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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9
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Who believes that the play implicates the viewer in the violent process of histiography rather than purging emotion?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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10
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Who believes that redemption isn’t possible for modern individuals as it was for classic heroes?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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Who discusses the audience’s deep ambivalence about Blanche?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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12
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Who discusses necessary sacrifice?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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13
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Who describes Blanche’s fall as gradual?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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14
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Who discusses the extreme similarities between Blanche and Stanley?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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Who believes that Williams uses the jungle noises to subvert storytellers and historians?

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Anca Vlasopolos

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16
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Who discusses Stella as a mediator and the other characters as a chorus?

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Anca Vlasopolos

17
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Who states that Stanley is able to easily undermine Blanche’s Southern charm?

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Anca Vlasopolos

18
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Who believes that Mitch is an androgynous character?

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Anca Vlasopolos

19
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Who believes that Stanley can vanquish Blanche when he taps into the dominant discourse of patriarchy?

A

Anca Vlasopolos

20
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Who states that Blanche tries to rewrite Stanley’s discourse by relegating him to pre-history?

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Anca Vlasopolos

21
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Who believes that the play is more than a critique of post-war America because of the public victimisation?

A

Anca Vlasopolos

22
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Who discusses the fact that almost the whole cast are on the stage for the final scene?

A

Anca Vlasopolos

23
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Who identifies the Grim Reaper as a grotesque inversion of Stella’s pregnancy?

A

Anca Vlasopolos

24
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Who believes that Williams forces the audience to participate in Blanche’s mental state with the jungle noises?

A

Anca Vlasopolos

25
Who discusses the trinity of Stella, Stanley and the new baby?
Anca Vlasopolos
26
Who believes that Stanley's rape is more easily forgiven than female desire?
Anca Vlasopolos
27
Who believes that Stanley profits because he stays within his boundaries?
Anca Vlasopolos
28
Who discusses the audience's "problematic shrug"?
Anca Vlasopolos