Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 1993. [Vol. 1.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 21)

STUDIES - Péter Egri: From the British Grotesque To the American Absurd: the Dramatist's Dilemma

COOPER ALBEE 10. Anti-Semitic views are voiced in Jenny's party; they are obviously not shared by Cooper. He also rejects outdated colonial consciousness. j 11. The setting is emphatically British (the outskirts of London)

. 12. The prices of people, the stakes of the game are moderate. 13. The conversation of characters is interspersed with understatement; it is sophisticated, urbane and suave. Only the madam speaks a coarse and curt language. Anti-Semitic opinions and anti-black prejudice are ridiculed by Albee. The thrust, focus and concern are unmistakably American. To meet the requirements of an American audience, it has been transferred to the suburbia of an American city. They have been substantially raised to suite American conditions. Dimensions are greater in the States both outside and inside the theatre. So are the expectations of the audience. The dramatic dialogue is straightforward, incisive and dynamic; it is more jerky, rough and rugged, hitting harder and cutting deeper. It is part and parcel of the emotional range and passionate charge of American drama from O'Neill to Albee. 14. The motivation of prostitution by a status symbol is basically a thematic element. The "garden" is an umbrella term. The status symbol is a fundamental principle of form, and so it is generalized. The "garden" is a leading motive, a structural element, a point of reference, and a linguistic unit of tightly controlled recurrence. 43