Theatre exam 4 pt. 2 questions with
complete solutions
pioneers of realism - correct answer ✔✔ -Henrik Ibsen
-August Strindberg
-Anton Chekhov
theatrical realism - correct answer ✔✔ -Everything onstage is made to resemble observable,
everyday life
-Its power lies in its credibility and sense of identification
-Some saw it as too limiting as it ignored poetry, supernatural characters, songs, fantasies, and
dream sequences
-Began in the late 19thcentury and continues to this day
naturalism - correct answer ✔✔ -Developed alongside realism
-Extreme form of realism
-Everything onstage should seem to have been lifted directly from everyday life
-Dramatic action should never seem contrived but rather look like a "slice of life"
producers of realism: independent theaters - correct answer ✔✔ -Exempted from government
censorship
-Not striving for commercial success
-Presented plays to small audiences interested in new dramatic forms
-Theatres in France, Germany, England, Russia
-The Group Theatre in the United States
, departures from realism - correct answer ✔✔ -Theatrical realism is often seen as having serious
limitations
-Realistic drama excludes a number of effective, long-standing theatrical devices
-Music, dance, symbolism, poetry, fantasy, and the supernatural
-Anti-realist Playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, and Wedekind
symbolism - correct answer ✔✔ -Leading antirealistic movement between 1880 and 1910
-Drama should present not mundane day-to-day activities but rather the mystery of being and
the infinite qualities of the human spirit
-Sought to express inner truth rather than represent life realistically
-Called for poetic theatre in which symbolic images rather than concrete actions would be the
basic means of communicating with the audience
expressionism - correct answer ✔✔ -Flourished in Germany during World War I
-Representation of reality was distorted in order to communicate inner feelings
-Highly subjective
-Dramatic action is seen through the eyes of the protagonist and therefore frequently seems
distorted or dreamlike
-Plays have common themes
-Protagonist is a Christlike figure
-Characters are representative types
-Language is telegraphic
futurism - correct answer ✔✔ -Originated in Italy around 1909
-Idealized war and the machine age
-The audience should be confronted and antagonized
complete solutions
pioneers of realism - correct answer ✔✔ -Henrik Ibsen
-August Strindberg
-Anton Chekhov
theatrical realism - correct answer ✔✔ -Everything onstage is made to resemble observable,
everyday life
-Its power lies in its credibility and sense of identification
-Some saw it as too limiting as it ignored poetry, supernatural characters, songs, fantasies, and
dream sequences
-Began in the late 19thcentury and continues to this day
naturalism - correct answer ✔✔ -Developed alongside realism
-Extreme form of realism
-Everything onstage should seem to have been lifted directly from everyday life
-Dramatic action should never seem contrived but rather look like a "slice of life"
producers of realism: independent theaters - correct answer ✔✔ -Exempted from government
censorship
-Not striving for commercial success
-Presented plays to small audiences interested in new dramatic forms
-Theatres in France, Germany, England, Russia
-The Group Theatre in the United States
, departures from realism - correct answer ✔✔ -Theatrical realism is often seen as having serious
limitations
-Realistic drama excludes a number of effective, long-standing theatrical devices
-Music, dance, symbolism, poetry, fantasy, and the supernatural
-Anti-realist Playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, and Wedekind
symbolism - correct answer ✔✔ -Leading antirealistic movement between 1880 and 1910
-Drama should present not mundane day-to-day activities but rather the mystery of being and
the infinite qualities of the human spirit
-Sought to express inner truth rather than represent life realistically
-Called for poetic theatre in which symbolic images rather than concrete actions would be the
basic means of communicating with the audience
expressionism - correct answer ✔✔ -Flourished in Germany during World War I
-Representation of reality was distorted in order to communicate inner feelings
-Highly subjective
-Dramatic action is seen through the eyes of the protagonist and therefore frequently seems
distorted or dreamlike
-Plays have common themes
-Protagonist is a Christlike figure
-Characters are representative types
-Language is telegraphic
futurism - correct answer ✔✔ -Originated in Italy around 1909
-Idealized war and the machine age
-The audience should be confronted and antagonized
