Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 8/31/1979

Funding Totals

$20,000.00 (approved)
$20,000.00 (awarded)


Theory and Practice in Modern Drama

FAIN: FA-12284-78

John L. Styan
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL 60208-0001)

This will be a new study of the modern stage, as commissioned by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press. The study will consist of three extended essays on the concepts of realism, symbolism and expressionism, with -their development into forms of surrealism, absurdism, and epic theatre.