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Brechtian Drama


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Brechtian Drama
A critical analysis of the themes, aesthetics, socio-politics, characterizations, role of audience, postmodernism and Marxism.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages) | 21 sources | 1992 United States


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"The purpose of this research is to examine the positions of dramatic critics and theorists on the work of Bertolt Brecht. The plan of the research will be to set forth methods that various theorists use to discuss Brecht's writings, to analyze competing political readings of his plays, and then to suggest a depoliticized reading of his work that is keyed to his aesthetic theory. As appropriate, reference will be made to the sometimes contradictory positions taken by Brecht as playwright, political personality, director of the Berliner Ensemble, and dramatic theorist.


One important theorist of Brechtian drama is Brecht himself. His explanation of what he termed epic theatre can be taken as a starting point for understanding the context in which the pattern of ideas in his work and the means by which these ideas may be..."

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Brechtian Drama (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Brechtian-Drama/19282

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"Brechtian Drama" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Brechtian-Drama/19282>




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