tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4606735411985928715..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Some Strindberg filth - Miss Julie - now you know what I’m talking aboutAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11592101208409312842014-10-21T23:25:15.848-05:002014-10-21T23:25:15.848-05:00To Strindberg, lascivious and excremental are one ...To Strindberg, lascivious and excremental are one and the same. But he does keep the sexual stuff offstage.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-23628251672493672032014-10-21T19:28:53.529-05:002014-10-21T19:28:53.529-05:00You--or, I suppose, Strindberg--disappoint me: I h...You--or, I suppose, Strindberg--disappoint me: I had hoped this post would have more to do with lascivious filth rather than mere actual excremental filth! However, it was very educational to see "Naturalism" and mimes come together in the context of a play. "Melodrama of somewhat questionable realism" notwithstanding, who woulda thunk it? Not me anyway.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75686995037552633332014-10-19T17:19:03.900-05:002014-10-19T17:19:03.900-05:00I picked a particularly Marxist passage, didn'...I picked a particularly Marxist passage, didn't I? You're right, I think, that the sexual and class conflicts are really expressions of Strindberg's internal psychological conflicts or perhaps I should call them ideas.<br /><br />"Melodrama of questionable realism" is good. It describes a fair amount of Zola, too.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-80837155334515885482014-10-19T16:37:09.436-05:002014-10-19T16:37:09.436-05:00And then, of course, there are the three fates for...And then, of course, there are the three fates for the three characters. When we consider what happens to each character, we have a pretty good idea about what Strindberg is ranting and raving about in his "Naturalistic" drama (a.k.a., melodrama of somewhat questionable realism).R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-81299298483581473212014-10-19T09:39:27.411-05:002014-10-19T09:39:27.411-05:00And then there is the Marxist reading: Strindberg ...And then there is the Marxist reading: Strindberg versus class distinctions. So, which is more significant? Is it the male v. female agon or the them v. us (class warfare) agon? What do you think? (I think Strindberg is confused -- he conflates the two struggles and cannot separate them, and the muddies the waters in his drama.)R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com