EugeneO’Neill’sfirstfull—lengthplay,(),wonhimthefirstPulitzerthemeisthechoicebetweenlifeanddeath,theinteractionofsubjectiveandobjectivefactors.
Amongthefollowingwriters()isgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20th-century“stream-of-consciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.
TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised()for“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmodernfiction.
Inmostofhiswritings,()deliberatelybrokeupthechronologyofhisnarrativebyjuxtaposingthepastwiththepresent,inthewaythemontagedoesinamovie.