MODERN DRAMA IN
DEATH OF A
SALESMAN
, BREIF HISTORY OF
AMERICAN DRAMA
• REPLACEMENT OF ROMANTICISM WITH REALISM AND
NATURALISM
• HENRIK IBSEN, AUGUST STRINDBERG AND ANTON
CHEKOV IN EUROPE
• EUGENE O’NEIL
• TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
• ARTHUR MILLER
• LACK OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS IN AMERICAN
THEATRE
• NO SKETCH OF DRAMA
• EXPERIMENTATIONS