Dramatic Technique In The Late Plays Of O'neill

O'neill is a pioneer of american serious drama and expressionist drama. His outstanding plays of medium-term like as "Emperor Jones" earned him an international reputation, O'neill through the these work put the characters under the social alienation caused by money worship and profoundly criticize the" spirit of desertification" of american society.after, O'neill's drama writing turned to the realism. Although the expressionist creative approach of that way to portrayed the inner world of the characters is stunning, but this deformation of exaggerated characters and plots is a little monotonous strength for the real-life reflection. But the approach of O'neill's plays of the medium-term that portraye inner world of realistic characters succeed to the late play of O'neill. The difference is that the original exaggerated characters has became to ordinary people living in a realistic environment and as thousands of ordinary people the same day for trivial things and a "hero complex" troubled by the day dreaming. such realism in the framework, the using of approach demonstrate to the spirit of american society as the true status of creative approach makes O'neill's late plays have a more profound implication. Contribution of O'neill's late plays created not only the time in the united states goes beyond the drama of the prevalence of "model" of the fence, created a real sense of drama and seriousness of american nationalism drama, O'neill is also present in the united states on various aspects of social problems in extensive and profound study. For the past, academic research of the O'neill's late plays most focus on the philosophical meaning of theme or the analysis on the images but few of analysis on the dramatic technique of O'neill's late plays. I think that, regardless of theme meaning or images can not do without the author's creative technique. Therefore,the dramatic technique of O'neill's late plays that wrote on this paper. My this paper analyses on profound thinking and a unique perspective arose by the use of language, shaping the images and dramatic conflict--these creative three aspects of the O'neill's late plays. the language of the O'neill's late plays is a "hybrid": it is not only in the integration of the figures of the psychological vernacular language, but along with the changes of dramatic situation that psycholoqical changes appeared in the heart of the characters,also by switching traditional literature language and dialect Vulgar. This approach not only makes the character come alive, and through subtle changes in language figures revealed by money and social capital of the alienation of modern ethics and the fate of modern society. The one creation of the characteristics of the images in the O'neill's late plays is "Polyphonic": because of this technique, not only have the dialogue between the voice of characters more processing, but its background of O'neill's late plays is note buried in the hint. The second characteristic is: the characters describe the unique handling, making the "life" in the real context of the characters in common with the "debris" characteristics. The dramatic conflict of O'neill's late plays focused on the circumstances of the death and "self-awareness" that by the special approach.in the O'neill's late plays, characters always tortured by surging desire for death, because death is not only way to out of the predicament but also the only way to survive and a kind of "self-sure" . The characters of "selfness" is excessively concern about their fears of death, so "death" for those people--not just a touch of the "ideal." although the drama of conflict makes the understanding of O'neill's late plays immersion in a pessimistic thinking, but O'neill for the understanding of death is unique. for this reason, long-lasting and distinctive dramatic technique of O'neill's late plays is has the use of inseparable. Therefore, the dramatic technique of O'neill's late plays has great significant meaning.