BLANCHE DUBOIS TRAPPED IN A PANOPTICON

Authors

  • Биљана Р. Влашковић University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts

Keywords:

Blanche DuBois, reason, madness, Tennessee Williams

Abstract

This work is directed towards the different ways of seeing things, while it aims not at explaining, but at understanding the character of Blanche DuBois and her mental struggles seen and anticipated in Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire.

Author Biography

Биљана Р. Влашковић, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts

Биљана Влашковић рођена је 1979. године у Крагујевцу. Завршила је енглески језик и књижевност на Филолошко-уметничком факултету у Крагујевцу. Ради као асистент на ФИЛУМ-у, где предаје енглеску, америчку и канадску књижевност. Студент је Докторских студија из књижевности на ФИЛУМ-у у Крагујевцу.

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Published

12-25-2009

How to Cite

Влашковић, Б. Р. (2009). BLANCHE DUBOIS TRAPPED IN A PANOPTICON. Nasleđe, 6(14/2), 133–140. Retrieved from http://35.189.211.7/index.php/nasledje/article/view/236