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Brian Johnston (14 April 1932 - 2 March 2013) was a British literary researcher, especially renowned for his works on the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), including his three influential books, ''The Ibsen Cycle'' (1975, revised 1992), ''To the Third Empire: Ibsen's Early Plays'' (1980), and ''Text and Supertext in Ibsen's Drama'' (1988). ==Life and work== In 1960 Brian Johnston gained a First Class Honors Degree at Cambridge University. He later taught at Cambridge, Trondheim Lærerhøgskole (Norway), Northwestern University, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Amman (Jordan), Beirut University College (Lebanon), and several other institutions. He joined the faculty of the School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, in 1986, where he stayed until his retirement in 2007. Johnston edited the Norton Critical Edition of Ibsen’s plays published in 2004. His translations of Ibsen include ''A Doll House'', ''Ghosts'', ''Hedda Gabler'', ''The Lady from the Sea'', ''Rosmersholm'', ''Emperor and Galilean'', and ''Peer Gynt''. They have been produced at major professional theatres across the United States. His course in dramatic literature from ancient to modern drama is available online on the site (Courses in Drama: With Brian Johnston ). The essays presented derive from a Survey of Drama Course Johnston taught at Carnegie Mellon University between 1987 and 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Courses in Drama with Brian Johnston :: Home )〕 His ''discussions'', as Johnston terms his essays, are divided into four sections: # Greek (Athenian) Drama # European Drama (Medieval to Spanish Golden Age) # European Drama (Neoclassical to Romantic) # Modern Drama – (Ibsen to 20th Century; Modern Arab Drama) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Johnston (literary researcher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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