Postmodern Brecht: A Representation - Couverture souple

Wright, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415023300 ISBN 13 : 9780415023306

Editeur : Routledge, 1988

Synopsis

This book should be of interest to students of modern German lite rature, critical theory, modern drama and cultural studies.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 ‘Brechtian’ reading than so far achieved and making his work historically relevant here and now. The author discusses in detail Brecht’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 Brecht’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 Müller, who use the techniques of performance theatre, showing how they deconstruct Brecht’s distinction between illusion and reality and point to a postmodern understanding of their dialectical relation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415023300
• ISBN 13: 9780415023306
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible