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REALIST DRAMA

REALIST DRAMA. Prepared by: Lea Turner. REALISM IN THEATRE. movement in the late 19th century steered theatrical texts and performances towards greater fidelity to real life (=natančna reprodukcija resničnega življenja) describes life without idealization or romantic subjectivity

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REALIST DRAMA

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  1. REALIST DRAMA Prepared by: Lea Turner

  2. REALISM IN THEATRE • movement in the late 19th century • steered theatrical texts and performances towards greater fidelity to real life (=natančna reprodukcija resničnega življenja) • describes life without idealization or romantic subjectivity • characters product of social factors and environment (naturalism) • stage life = everyday reality • catalyzing theatre (=poučno gledališče)

  3. drama of ideas (=tezna drama) • psychological drama (=psihološka drama) • comedy of manners (=nravstvena komedija) • conversational piece (=konverzacijska igra) • comedy of ideas (=tezna komedija) • Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" (1879)

  4. Themes • contemporary society • middle-class characters, situations, and problems • complex, three-dimensional characters shaped by their family and heritage • unhappy marriages, relationships, sex, prostitution, diseases, religious hypocrisy, social inequality

  5. Characteristics • written in prose • realistic settings and natural speech, dialogue • natural movement, gesticulation and mimicry (=izražanje z kretnjami, obrazom) • unities of time and place (=enotnost časa in prostora) • often takes place indoors • emphasis on the depth of characters • creates tension and focus

  6. Theatrical elements • stage settings accurately reproduce ordinary surroundings • attention to detail • electric lighting • box set (proscenium stage) • slamming doors

  7. The well-made play (=dobro narejena igra) • Form of drama popular between realist playwrights • secrets known to audience, withheld from certain characters • expected, logical reversals, hero - successes and failures • the secret is revealed - the climax, the antagonist is revealed • the protagonist has dignity restored, receives reward • denouement is believable and logical

  8. Realist playwrights • Henrik Ibsen • Oscar Wilde • George Bernard Shaw • Anton Chekhov • August Strindberg • Maksim Gorky

  9. GLOSSARY fidelity – natančna reprodukcija gesticulation – izražanje s kretnjami mimicry - mimika unities of time and place - enotnost časa in prostora catalyzing theatre – poučno gledališče The well-made play – dobro narejena igra

  10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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