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Yi, Jae Eun. “Evolutionary Analysis of Identity: After Darwin.” Studies in English Language & Literature 43.2 (2017): 219-243. This study explores Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play, After Darwin and her comparison of the process of variation in the theory of evolution to the shifting identities of modern people. Whereas for animals the aim is reproduction, for humans the aim is evolution for the purpose of exploring these identities. In the play, Darwin and FitzRoy are forced to confront their contrasting world-views. The actors who play them, and also the other characters appearing in this ‘play within a play’ continually come into conflict with each other because of their differing views on existence. But throughout the arguments they never lose the sense of their own individuality. This conflict is one element of culture that evidences the evolution of humans. Culture acts as a pointer towards the evolution of human society. History can be seen as a text recording the evolution of the cultural environment, the symbiosis of the individual, embodying a range of identities, and culture. As with biological evolution, human identities evolve through cultures and histories. Rather than approaching evolution from the standpoint of evolutionary biology, This study sees it as ‘a step by step process of improvement’ individuals, culture and history, which serves to frame discourse within the humanities. (Chungnam National University)