Eugene O'Neill won the Pulitzer Prize four times and was the onl

Eugene O'Neill won the Pulitzer Prize four times and was the only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize. He is widely acclaimed “（ ）”.
A、the founder of the American poetry
B、the founder of the American Gothic novels
C、the founder of the American drama
D、the founder of the American prose
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：本题考查的是奥尼尔的文学成就。尤金·奥尼尔是美国表现主义文学的代表作家，曾四次获得普利策奖，并且是唯一一位获得诺贝尔文学奖的剧作家。他被广泛誉为“美国戏剧的奠基人”，更被公认为世界文学的重要人物，代表作品有Beyond the Horizon《天边外》(1918)。