A review of literature is a comprehensive overview of all the written work, sources, and materials dealing with a specific topic. The aim is to list plainly what is being researched, what isn’t, and how the field can grow. An annotated bibliography is a works cited list where each source has a detailed synopsis, discussing what is in that source and analyzing it’s content. 23 sources, 30 pages in length, this research is the culmination of 5 months of work.

So when you combine these two, you get an incredibly thorough research piece on whatever topic you chose. In this case, dramaturgy. This piece details the research that has been conducted in the field of dramaturgy, what things are being written about, and what things are not being written about.

This is a dramaturgical casebook for the play King Lear, written for WVU’s 2020 Theatre 370 Dramaturgy class. It includes synopses and analyses of the play, history of the text and author, a glossary of quotes for themes, and links to video interviews with the directors and casts of notable productions.

This is a dramaturgical study guide for the play The Phantom Tollbooth, written for WVU’s 2019 production. It includes synopses and analyses of the original book and the adapted script, biographies of the author, illustrator, and playwright, design images by the WVU costume and scenic shops, and an interview of the playwright Susan Nanus. Also included are questions to help you explore the themes of the play.