"interest in the theme" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe someone's curiosity, attraction, or engagement with a particular topic or subject matter. Example: "As a literature teacher, I always try to spark my students' interest in the theme of love and its complexities through analyzed readings and thought-provoking discussions."
Where does your interest in the theme of survival come from?
I sent my first version to Will Shortz, and he rejected it (some veggies were plural and some were not) but showed interest in the theme.
So too his interest in the theme of the seduction of daughters was rooted in complicated ways in the context of Viennese attitudes toward female sexuality.
And while his incidental reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight provided him with the setting, his interest in the theme went back much further.
In the US, however, Belsky senses a waning interest in the theme – not because the issue is settled research-wise, but because nursery care for the very young has become so accepted that people no longer question it.
Son of Saul's success in Cannes (where it was awarded the runner-up Grand Prix, behind Jacques Audiard's Dheepan) has triggered a definite perking up of industry interest in the theme – most recently, a projected adaptation of Viktor Frankl's Auschwitz memoir Man's Search for Meaning.
The four supplements – urban wildlife, Britain's best walks, wild flowers, and Britain's best bike rides – all reflect our readers' interest in the themes, with the projects cementing new and established partnerships with sustainability champions such as Sustrans and the National Trust.
Chicago had hosted the World's Columbian Exposition in 1895, a massive international event which had excited interest in the themes of classical architecture and well-designed city landscapes.
He was particularly interested in the theme of voyages, one example being "The Disembarkation of Aeneas and His Companions in Latium" (circa 1650).
I know I should be interested in the theme of human bestiality in the theatre of the absurd, but reading a verbatim Q&A transcript about it for 10 pages feels a bit like revising for a BTEC in performing arts.
