realism vs naturalism

we got introduced to Naturalism and Realism. Naturalism is the art of  creating an illusion of reality through a range of dramatic strategies while realism is basically discussing a social issue or threat. We practiced each of them which helped me better understand them. I never knew that each of these theatrical categories had a background and a time period to why it was so interesting for people to watch back then. The exercises we did in class made me think more about these time periods and what factors mostly influenced the theatrical work back then.