“Whether a work is realistic or not cannot be determined merely by checking whether or not it is like existing works which are said to be realistic, or were realistic in their time. In each case, one must compare the depiction of life in a work of art with the life itself that is being depicted, instead of comparing it with another depiction.”
Bertolt Brecht, “Popularity and Realism”
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Bertolt Brecht, “Popularity and Realism”
Read the full essay here