Program

Research Programs: Residential College Teacher Fellowships, 1976-1981

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 5/31/1979

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)


Parody and Burlesque in the Modern American Theatre: Their Native Roots

FAIN: FR-10186-78

Thomas M. Grant
University of Hartford (West Hartford, CT 06117-1599)

To study parody and burlesque as techniques in American theater to express political indictments since the 60s. To discover when the past stopped being unquestioningly revered and began to be critically examined. The modes of this reassessment would be studied in depth.