Sharp and Different:In the Siege of Old Ideas——The Encounter of Ibsen and His Realistic Drama
As the"father of modern drama",the realistic drama represented by Ibsen faced the capital society with a strong spirit of resistance and revealed the social truth with skillful artistic skills,which profoundly influenced the trend of the whole modern world drama.However,when realistic drama just came out and began to be staged in major countries such as Britain and France,both Ibsen and Bernard Shaw were attacked extremely fiercely by the middle and upper classes of European society,and many people regarded"Doll's House"and other works as a flood."The Doll's House"protagonist Nora openly ran away from home,and"The Ghosts"actually arranged syphilis and hereditary paralysis in a decent family,provoking right-wing and liberal press criticism and abuse,and even for Ibsen"effectively quell all opposition"invincible fighter-British writer Henry James,Ibsen was also said to"repeat superficial ugliness"and"dull whimsy".With the attitude of"expert",critics accuse the social realistic drama of"not like drama"and no drama"taste",in fact,they are angry at the shocking thought and art of realistic drama,and the distinct rebelliousness.Ibsen and realistic drama are unique in history in concept,pay attention to people in creation philosophy,and dig deep in reality in expression mode,which can be called the epitome of modern drama modernity.