August Strindberg and Émile Zola are often credited as being the "Fathers of Naturalism." In Zola's 1880 essay, Naturalism on the Stage he outlines that plays should comprise three elements when striving for "la nouvelle formule" of naturalism: the play must be truthful, the character's actions should be rooted in their given circumstances, and the... The post THE FLICK: Second Wave Naturalism and Observation on …
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