尤金·奥尼尔晚期作品中的荒诞主题

对戏剧技巧的大胆实验和对人生真谛的不倦探索造就了奥尼尔剧作的多层面特征：早期剧作的自然主义倾向;中期剧作的表现主义特征;以及晚期剧作的存在主义色彩。从后现代主义文学荒诞派戏剧的视角重新审视,奥尼尔的晚期四部剧作讨论了孤独之处境、徒劳之人生、死亡之终局的荒诞主题。

Absurdity Themes in Eugene O'Neill's Late Works

Eugene O＇Neill is regarded as the founder of American serious drama.His bold experiments in dramatic techniques and earnest pursuit of truth bring up a spectrum of characteristics： naturalism in his early works,expressionism in the middle,and existentialism in the late.This thesis tries to cast a new look at O＇Neill＇s late works from the perspective of theatre of the absurd in the realm of postmodern literature.