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Bertolt Brecht's Adaptations and Anti-Capitalist Aesthetics Today

Bertolt Brecht's Adaptations and Anti-Capitalist Aesthetics Today

Squiers, Anthony

Hardcover

Literary CriticismTheater HistoryPlays

ISBN10: 900472186X
ISBN13: 9789004721869
Publisher: Brill
Published: Feb 20 2025
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.43 Depth: 9.47
Language: English
This book examines Brecht's theory and method of adaptation. It first reconstructs it into a single framework using four key Brechtian concepts: Fabel, gestus, estrangement effects, and historicizing. It then uses that framework to analyse four Brechtian adaptations: The Tutor, Don Juan, Socrates Wounded, and Kriegsfibel. It argues that adaptation occupies a previously unrealised central place in Brecht's thought, demonstrating that he provides us with a unique way to think about adaptation--as material transformation. It concludes by describing how Brecht is useful for anti-capitalist aesthetics today because through him one can foster a new consciousness which enables better social conditions to be created. This book is practical for both theatre practitioners and artists as well as theorists.

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