Date of Award
5-1931
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
William M. Lamers
Second Advisor
William J. Grace
Abstract
The stage represents the most powerful and direct form of art. The most powerful because it appeals not to the individual only, but to the public in general, and because it has the power of mastering and influencing that public. Every other art presupposes that he who receives has a certain amount of knowledge, a musical ear, a well-trained eye, and so forth. Every other art, therefore, appeals chiefly to the individual, while the theater presupposes nothing and, in its best productions, addresses itself both to the most cultured individual and to the greatest masses.
Recommended Citation
Rysticken, Alice E., "The Theater of Expressionism" (1931). Bachelors’ Theses. 2180.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/2180
Comments
A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in Speech, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.