THEA104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Antonin Artaud, Henrik Ibsen
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Realism/naturalism: as near to exact as possible, most tv shows, henrik ibsen, a doll house , a house looks like a house, hyper-naturalism: a play takes place in real time, all props are real, place is real. Theatricalism: imitates an objective reality, but is somewhat suggestive: a house with a blinking sign saying house! above it, the audience accepts it as objective reality despite imperfections, thornton wilder, our town , the truman show . The father is not just the father: strindberg and the german playwrights: to damascus , the visit , the. Killer : struggle against government, the bourgeoisie, in the wake of wwi. Metropolis: names mean more than just name: everyman , surrealism, theatre should be a metaphysical experience directed at physically instilling meaning and feeling through allegory, antonin artaud and the theatre of cruelty, salvador dali paintings, alice in wonderland. Use of reason to arrive at truths. All things greek and roman: romanticism.
