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Ibsen and Realism

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They have a socio-critical perspective. 3. The action is in a contemporary setting. 4. They present everyday people and situations. Problems under debate The Danish literary critic Georg Brandes (1842-1927) was the great pioneer of the breakthrough of realism in the Nordic countries. In 1871 he gave a series of lectures at the University of Copenhagen under the title "Main Currents in the Literature of the 19th Century" (published in book form in six volumes 1872-90)...
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In 1871 he gave a series of lectures at the University of Copenhagen under the title "Main Currents in the Literature of the 19th Century" (published in book form in six volumes 1872-90). In this work Brandes puts forward the following manifesto for a new form of literature that is to be socio-critical and realistic: That literature in our days is alive shows itself in the fact that it puts problems under debate...
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