THAR 281 1st Edi-tion Lec-ture 15 Outline of Last Lecture I. Quiz # 5Outline of Current Lecture II. RealismIII. NaturalismIV. SymbolismCurrent LectureI. Realism•“Modernism”•term first used in 1952•defined as the self-conscious belief that, beginning in the 2nd half of the 19th century, artists, scholars, scientists, sociologists, and philosophers believed that they had made a radical break with the past and looked forward to a future that would continue that break.•began to emerge in the 1970s•Naturalism stemmed from Realism•Stage action represents everyday life•“Taboo” subject matter: not necessarily “taboo”, but not something you would act out at the time•Psychological Realism - Human motivations are self-contradictory andnot always readily apparent, characters are more 3-D now (starting tooppose the Well-Made Play)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.•Because of “taboo” subjects, theatres began to put on these shows more under the radar (in private)•“subscriptions” came from this•“independent theatre movement”•playwrights would write in every detail of the set and characters - more than just a “box set”II. Naturalism (“slice-of-life”)•an intense (pure) form of Realism•putting onstage as exact a copy of life as possible, down to the small-est detail: wants to avoid the “artists hand” or the personality of the director•the most appropriate subject matter was the lower class•more stringent form than realism•did not last very long as a movementIII. Symbolism•1880-1910•Rejected Naturalism•Symbolists saw theatre as a place to represent the inner states, com-mon themes: death, dimensions, mirrors•To present the unpresentable•Symbolist drama concentrates on moments of danger or crisis•Used dim lighting, suggestive scenery & sounds•not very popular to normal
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