This comparative analysis explores how Strindberg examines the theme of naturalism in three plays written in the 1880s. There are 6 sources included.
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a psychological study of the seduction of an upper-class woman by an insensitive chauffeur. This discussion will look at the naturalism shown in both plays. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
BBstrnbR.doc STRINDBERG: Looking in the Deck for the Marked Cards Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc.,
November 2000 Introduction: In the he late 1880s Strindberg began to experiment with free verse and created the great dramas The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888),
and Creditors (1888). The Father vividly expresses Strindbergs view of the war between the sexes, in which he saw man as victimized by woman. Miss Julie is a psychological study
of the seduction of an upper-class woman by an insensitive chauffeur. This discussion will look at the naturalism shown in both plays. Naturalism: Swedish writer (Johan) August Strindbergs
combination of psychology with Naturalism created a new kind of European drama that evolved into Expressionist drama (Hillyer ppg). Broadly speaking, "naturalism" is characterized by a refusal to idealize experience,
and follows the idea that human life is strictly subject to natural laws. The Naturalists shared with the earlier Realists the conviction that the everyday life of the middle and
lower classes, provided subjects worthy of serious literary treatment. Correspondingly these dramas were to be rendered in as natural manner as possible, with a plausible and appropriate plot. Care
was to be paid to detail to show reality. It was this great attention to detail, both in the novel, and in theater, that gave these works the added value
of recording social history. Authors examined material goods and economic environment upon behavior. Zola even examined the influence of heredity and body perception on the influence of temperment (Drabble