Tableaux and Melodramatic Realism
If in many ways its aims are comparable to those of novelistic realism (a focus on ordinary characters and contemporary social issues), melodrama exhibits a form of realism all its own. This essay focuses on several elements of that form, especially on the workings of the tableau. At the moment o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2019-03-01
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Series: | English Literature |
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Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.30687/EL/2420-823X/2019/01/006 |