The phrase "a major theme the" is not correct in English as it is incomplete and lacks proper structure.
It cannot be used in written English without additional context or completion to form a coherent sentence.
Example: "In the novel, a major theme the author explores is the struggle for identity."
Alternatives: "a significant theme" or "a key theme".
Children were a major theme — the likely reason a portrait of a baby was chosen to win what would now equate to more than $30,000.
They show up again, even more unobtrusively, in the story about Corinna, the flapper — and then yet again, no longer a minor motif but a major theme (the mini tirade was only a prelude) in the final story, the one that ties the rest of the stories together.
WASHINGTON ― Democrats are looking back to the last time they took control of the House for lessons on what may work this year, and they're starting to narrow in on a major theme: the Republican "culture of corruption, cronyism and incompetence".
Although human health effects of Hg contamination were a major theme, the workshop also explored effects on marine biota.
The inner decay of the Establishment is a major theme of the essays constituting the volume After Henry (1992; also published as Sentimental Journeys).
A major theme of the study included the relationship between the skilled birth attendant and the TTM.
The analysis is presented by a major theme with the data from the control group discussed first, followed by the experimental group.
A major theme in the interviews was the communities' ability to understand the students.
The issue of reversibility was to be a major theme in the history of the regressive conception of analysis.
A major theme of the special is the meaning of mental illness.
A major theme of the work was the double consciousness faced by African Americans: Being both American and black.
