Foreign Literature Studies ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 122-128.

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Economic Transformation and Metropolitan Space Construction: A Discussion of American Drama in the Economic Transformation Periods

Chen Aimin, Chen Yilei   

  • Online:2017-06-25 Published:2022-06-15
  • About author:Chen Aimin is professor at the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University (Nanjing 210023, China). His research fields are British and American literature, ethnic literature and contemporary American drama. Email: chaim2905@163.com; Chen Yilei is lecturer at Nanjing Xiao Zhuang University (Nanjing 210017, China) and Ph. D. candidate at Nanjing Arts University (Nanjing 210013, China). His research fields are film, TV and drama. Email: chen1lei@126.com

Abstract: There is no denying that economic transformation will have strong effect upon the urban development. America has experienced 5 economic transformations in its history, which directly affected the design of the cities. Meanwhile, problems like race, identity, class, gender, sex, etc. arose sharply during the process of urbanization. The present paper will take some representative plays in the period of transformation in the last century as a focus, study the relationship between economic transformation and metropolitan space construction, reveal the complicated implications of the social space change brought about by the urban physical space alteration, and decode the meaning of stage performances of some typical plays concerned. The authors hope that the research can provide some valuable information for the urban space construction in the process of China's urbanization.

Key words: economic transformation, American drama, metropolitan space construction

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