PPT-Understanding modern realism

2010 0513 Observation of the ordinary As image of truth verified by observing ordinary life realism has been a principal style of writing and performance since the 1860s Realism as a social philosophy and artistic style developed in the European theater about 1860 influenced by philosophers naturalists and scientists. J. Blackmon. Stating Scientific Realism. Common-sense Realism Naturalized. We inhabit a common reality, which has a structure that exists independently of what people think and say about it, except insofar as reality is comprised of thoughts, theories, and other symbols, and except insofar as reality is dependent on thoughts, theories, and other symbols in ways that might be uncovered by science.. Cloudstreet. Noah Macinante & James Jarrett. Magical Realism. Magical Realism: . is a . genre . where magic elements are a natural part in an otherwise mundane, realistic environment. Although it is most commonly used as a literary genre, magic realism also applies to film and the visual arts. . The “New” Isms. Auguste Comte. Karl Marx . Friedrich Engels. Why the toughness of mind?. The drive for constitutional governments??. The cry for national sovereignty??. Male suffrage and Democracy??. Just the beginning!. In Between. Walt . Whitman. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, . The ship has . weather’d. every rack, the prize we sought is won, . The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, . By Rebecca K. Fraker. Atlantic Union Conference. Teacher Bulletin 2013. What are Tessellations?. The word '. tessera. ' in Latin means a small stone cube. . They were used to make up the mosaic pictures forming floors and . https://www.scribd.com/document/142971698/1982-Realism-Michael-Dummett. . Realism (concerning X) construed as a semantical thesis: it is a certain interpretation of a class of statements (the statements about X – the given class).. Shaw and British Social Realism. Dividing the Text: . Units/Bits + Objectives/Tasks. Was the exercise useful? Why? (or why not?). Did you learn anything new about the character or that particular scene?. Naturalism. 1860-1920ish. Realism (noun): the art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm. . –– Ambrose Bierce, . Meiningen. , Ibsen, and Zola.. Modernism. , however, began with a group of artists identified as . symbolists. .. Modernism. - . A broad concept that sees art, including theater, as detached from life in a pure way and able to reflect on life critically. Chapter 8. Modern and Postmodern. Previous ages include –. Classical (Greece and Rome). Medieval (Mystery and Morality Plays). Renaissance (The Elizabethan Age in England). The Royal Theatre (The Court Theatre of Spain and France). th. -century – early 20. th. century. Difficult to distinguish between . realism. and . naturalism. .. One rough distinction made by critics is that realism that espouses a . deterministic . philosophy and focuses on the lower classes is considered . John Steinbeck. American Realism (1860-1890). Realism tries hard (as its name suggests) to present the world as it really is -- the way, for instance, a photograph might capture it. Howells writes that "realism is nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material." Since it tries so hard to . BAZIN AND TARKOVSKY. PHL 317K. Spring 2018. CLASSICAL FILM THEORY. 1898 – . 1948. Sergei . Eisenstein . Rudolf . Arnheim. 1904 – . 2007. 1918 – . 1958. Andrei . Bazin. Andrei . Tarkovsky. 1932 . Definition . When magical elements are present in a normal, realistic life setting. . Eg. . An individual living for a number of generations over what is a common life age to live to. . What it does.