THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I 18th century II Denis Diderot III Middle class tragedy IV Sentimental comedies a Laughing comedies V Richard Brinsley Sheridan VI Ballard opera VII Strum and Drang VIII The emerging director a Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Outline of Current Lecture I Realism a Henrik Ibsen b A Doll s House c Hedda Gabbler II Naturalism a August Strindburg Current Lecture I Realism begins to come around when Europe is still in the industrial revolution This time period is the second half of the 19th century There is a rise in the working class This class is in between poor and the middle class meaning they are somewhat educated There are also many science technological and medicine advances There is the new idea of authenticy and examining social acceptable forms The goals during realism is to convince the audience that on stage action represents real life and that the characters behave speak and move like real people Realism was a shock to much of the society because it dealt with socially sensitive difficult issues in a frank manner These These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute II issues included miscarriages unhappy marriage abuse suicide and glass and gender injustice Usually these plays were censored Plays were produced and then soon banned because of riots These plays were usually written from morally relative point of view which meant that good or bad was dependent upon on how one looks at the situation a Henrik Ibsen was the founder of modern realism He lived most of his life in exile His plays were most remembered during his middle period plays These plays were extremely controversial when they were produced The major theme throughout Ibsen s plays was ultimately destructive power or society His three most famous works were Hedda Gabbler A Doll s House and An Enemy of the People b A Doll s House is a play were a women is living what seems like a perfect life but soon realizes she and her husband have financial problems When she tries to fix them it just makes it worse for the problem and her relationship with her husband One day she just leaves and the door slams There was much controversial about this play because the women leaves c Hedda Gabbler had the great roles for women in dramatic literature This play was not like when it was produced Hedda likes to manipulate all of the other people but when they tried to manipulate her she shot herself The themes in this play was regret power and manipulation Naturalism was an offshoot of realism This type of play thought drama should edit absolutely nothing presenting a slice of light to the audience These people was absolute authenticy meaning the actual real actions and props on stage The time on stage would be the same time frame as the story of the play had taken place These plays were often about lower class and explain their hardships a August Strindberg was the most famous of naturalism realism and symbolism writer