Realism vs. Naturalism
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- Created on: 11-04-18 16:32
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- Realism and Naturalism Theatre Conventions
- Realism
- Characters are believable
- Dialogue is heightened for effect but vernacular
- Often the protagonist rises up against the odds against an injustice
- Authentic costumes
- Realist movement greatly influenced 20th century theatre
- Henrik Ibsen considered the 'father of realism'
- Triggered by Stanislavski (turn of the 20th century)
- Stage settings/props often indoors and believable
- Often bland
- 'Box set' normally used- three walls and invisible fourth wall facing the audience
- Play is usually psychological
- Plot is secondary
- Characters: lives, motives and reactions are primary
- Characters are believable
- Naturalism
- It was short-lived as a theatrical movement
- Stage time = Real time
- Extreme/ heightened form of realism
- Explores the concept of scientific determinism
- Characters are shaped by their circumstances
- Often considered victims of their own circumstance
- Often working class
- Characters are shaped by their circumstances
- Realism
- Costumes, sets, props all historically accurate and detailed
- Offering a 'slice of life'
- Naturalism
- It was short-lived as a theatrical movement
- Stage time = Real time
- Extreme/ heightened form of realism
- Explores the concept of scientific determinism
- Characters are shaped by their circumstances
- Often considered victims of their own circumstance
- Often working class
- Characters are shaped by their circumstances
- Settings bland and ordinary
- Follows the 'three unities' as set down by Aristotle
- Time
- Jumps in time not allowed
- Place
- Changing places not allowed
- Action
- Takes place in a single location over the time frame of a single day
- Time
- Explore sordid subject matter
- Previously considered Taboo
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