In this radical and deliberately controversial re-reading of Brecht; first published in 1989; Elizabeth Wright takes a new view of the playwright; giving us a more lsquo;Brechtianrsquo; reading than so far achieved and making his work historically relevant here and now. The author discusses in detail Brechtrsquo;s principle theories and concepts in the light of poststructuralist theory; and reassess the aesthetics and politics with regard to Marxist critics of his own day. Wright includes a re-reading of Brechtrsquo;s early works; which presents them in relation to a postmodern theatre; and gives critical analyses of the work of Pina Bausch; Robert Wilson; and Heiner Muuml;ller; who use the techniques of performance theatre; showing how they deconstruct Brechtrsquo;s distinction between illusion and reality and point to a postmodern understanding of their dialectical relation.
2016-05-04 2016-05-04File Name: B01KJCOLEY
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