A Comparison of the Themes between August Strindberg's Naturalistic and Expressionistic Plays
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to acquaint the reader
with some of August Strindberg's major dramatic themes. Since
so little has been written in the English language about the
plays of Strindberg, the paper is to be regarded as something
of an introduction to this playwright. It attempts to expose
the content of certain plays as a basis for and prelude to
further studies about this much-neglected, yet important and
fascinating, Swedish dramatist. It is beyond the scope of this
paper to delve into a probing analysis of Strindberg's style or
to consider the significance of certain symbols he may use or,
for that matter, to consider other similarly subtle points
appearing in the plays.