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On the road to realism with Asbjornsen and Moe, Peer Gynt, and Henrik Ibsen.
From: Scandinavian Studies
Date: 20031222
Author:Kaplan, Merrill
IBSEN DEMONSTRATES a firm and subtle understanding of the distinction between the real and the realistic in the final act of Peer Gynt, when Peer tells the curious story of how the Devil tried to impress a crowd with his skills of pig-imitation. Thinking to ensure his success through trickery, he hides an actual pig on his person. The Devil pinches the pig, the pig squeals, and the Devil takes the credit. But the ruse fails: the audience pans him. They say his squeals are overdone.
The Devil and the pig seem to be acting out a theoretical prologue to Ibsen's realist plays ...
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