Article Dans Une Revue جسور المعرفة (Djoussour El-maaréfa) Année : 2021

المادية والأسرة الأمريكية المتدهورة:قراءة بودريلاردية للحلم الأمريكي لإدوارد ألبي

Materialism and the Deteriorated American Family: A Baudrillardian Reading of Edawrd Albee's The American Dream

Arab Samir
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Terms like "anguish", "void", "dehumanization", "estrangement" and "nothingness" have become, if not household words, at least basic to the jargon of the literature that describes socioeconomic realities. Twentieth century American drama is highly preoccupied with the impact of material life on the individual. It describes the amount of fissure and the damaging cracks in the US family due to the consumerist tradition. Edward Albee's The American Dream is glaring example of what might be called a textbook case of the response of the American drama to this existential vacuum. This article offers a Baudrillardian reading of Albee's magnum opus. Considering materialism as the hyper-real which substitutes the real values, the aim of this scrutiny is to highlight its negative effects on family, society, and the American dream.

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hal-03890403 , version 1 (03-01-2023)

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Arab Samir. Materialism and the Deteriorated American Family: A Baudrillardian Reading of Edawrd Albee's The American Dream. جسور المعرفة (Djoussour El-maaréfa), 2021. ⟨hal-03890403⟩
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