A Primary Study Of Western Modernist Drama Theories

The article deals with the modern drama theory between 1880 to 1930 in the western dramas's history. Under the influence of modern ideological thoughts,the modern drama emerged as a rebellion and avant-garde against the previous traditional drama.The paper adopts the theory of symbolic modern drama as a starting point, and so symbolism, expressionism, futurism and surrealism as the objectives of study.Based on this assumption, it focuses on major schools of modern drama theories from their respective representatives and analyses. By studying the performance of implied ideological thoughts into modern drama theory and using the historical context for clues, the author analyzes the evolution of these schools thoughts influencing the modern drama theory.The evolution from traditional to modern drama theories is limited to the internal scope of drama.The structure and its innovative form did not transform the nature of theater as a different art category.It introduces new ideas and manners of thinking in drama theories and study.