Naturalism - Moscow Arts Center - the Seagle
In this essay I shall be looking at:
• The rise of Naturalism as an art form in the theatre • Anton Chekhov and the first production of The Seagull. • The origins of the Moscow Arts Theatre
The research methods I used were primarelly web bassed with refrences taken from various books as well.
The rise of Naturalism
[1]There are three relevant senses of 'naturalism,' and of the associated 'naturalist' and 'naturalistic.' The first, and most popular, indicates a method of 'accurate' or 'lifelike' reproduction. The second, and historically earliest, indicates a philosophical position allied to science, natural history and materialism. The third, and most significant in the history of drama, indicates a movement in which the method of accurate production and the specific philosophical position are organically and usually consciously fused. Raymond Williams
Naturalism started in France in the 1870’s. Naturalism is a style in theatre that tries to bring a sense of reality to the stage through various methods, detailed sets, an unpoetic literary style that reflects the way real people speak, and a style of acting that tries to recreate reality often by trying to get the actor to have a complete identification with the role they are playing. Later Konstantin Sergeyevich Alekseyev (who took the stage name Stanislavsky) came up with a system of actor training which went hand in hand with Naturalism. The main spokesman for naturalism when it first emerged was Emile Zola, he wrote mostly novels and wanted to reform the way they were written he also wanted to reform the play. Zola’s first major statement about naturalism was in his novel, Thèrése Raquin, which was first brought to the stage in 1873. The preface of Thèrése Raquin stated his views about naturalism in the theatre and in the novel. He felt that the theatre was years behind the novel and suffered from old and outdated conventions. Zola didn’t like the distortion of psychology
• The rise of Naturalism as an art form in the theatre • Anton Chekhov and the first production of The Seagull. • The origins of the Moscow Arts Theatre
The research methods I used were primarelly web bassed with refrences taken from various books as well.
The rise of Naturalism
[1]There are three relevant senses of 'naturalism,' and of the associated 'naturalist' and 'naturalistic.' The first, and most popular, indicates a method of 'accurate' or 'lifelike' reproduction. The second, and historically earliest, indicates a philosophical position allied to science, natural history and materialism. The third, and most significant in the history of drama, indicates a movement in which the method of accurate production and the specific philosophical position are organically and usually consciously fused. Raymond Williams
Naturalism started in France in the 1870’s. Naturalism is a style in theatre that tries to bring a sense of reality to the stage through various methods, detailed sets, an unpoetic literary style that reflects the way real people speak, and a style of acting that tries to recreate reality often by trying to get the actor to have a complete identification with the role they are playing. Later Konstantin Sergeyevich Alekseyev (who took the stage name Stanislavsky) came up with a system of actor training which went hand in hand with Naturalism. The main spokesman for naturalism when it first emerged was Emile Zola, he wrote mostly novels and wanted to reform the way they were written he also wanted to reform the play. Zola’s first major statement about naturalism was in his novel, Thèrése Raquin, which was first brought to the stage in 1873. The preface of Thèrése Raquin stated his views about naturalism in the theatre and in the novel. He felt that the theatre was years behind the novel and suffered from old and outdated conventions. Zola didn’t like the distortion of psychology