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Record W2293273998 · doi:10.1111/glal.12114

BRECHT AND GREEK TRAGEDY: RE‐THINKING THE DIALECTICS OF UTILISING THE TRADITION OF THEATRE

2016· article· en· W2293273998 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueGerman Life and Letters · 2016
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldArts and Humanities
TopicTheatre and Performance Studies
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Toronto
FundersArts and Humanities Research Council
KeywordsTragedy (event)Greek tragedyDialecticLiteraturePhilosophyPoeticsArtHumanitiesTheologyPoetry

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ABSTRACT Brecht's interactions with Greek tragedy are central and illuminating indicators of his self‐positioning relative to the Western theatre tradition that preceded him. Part of the appeal to Brecht is the status of Greek tragedy as a particularly prominent manifestation of Tragedy, a cultural universal with a distinct set of ideological assumptions (political, social, religious and philosophical) that Brecht opposed vigorously. Brecht's relationship with Greek tragedy, and Tragedy, is both dialogical and dialectical: he needed Greek theatre, both its theatrical product tragedy and the theorising that came with it in the form of Aristotle's Poetics , as vehicles for opposition. As a result, Brecht's reception of Greek tragedy is (characteristically) utilitarian. This article examines various key aspects of this relationship: Brecht's educational background and predisposition towards Graeco‐Roman antiquity; his points of contact with Greek tragedy; the use of the mask, a fundamental device of the ancient theatre, in Brecht's work; his ambivalent response to tragic situations and suffering as exemplified in Helene Weigel's ‘silent scream’ as Mother Courage; and the important methodological distinction between ‘genealogical’ and ‘functional’ equivalence. I conclude by setting out why this topic is an important part of any project which attempts to ‘re‐think Brecht’. Brechts Auseinandersetzungen mit der griechischen Tragödie sind zentrale und erhellende Indizien seiner Selbstpositionierung gegenüber der vorausgehenden westlichen Theatertradition. Ein Teil der Anziehungskraft kommt vom Status der griechischen Tragödie als einer besonders bekannten und ungewöhnlich exponierten Form von Tragödie im allgemeinen Sinn, d. h. einer universalen Kulturform mit einer Anzahl von speziellen ideologischen Annahmen (politisch, sozial, religiös und philosophisch), zu denen Brecht in völliger Opposition stand. Brechts Verhältnis zur griechischen Tragödie, und zur Tragödie im allgemeinen, ist dialogisch und dialektisch zugleich. Er benötigte das griechische Theater, sowohl dessen Produkt Tragödie als auch dessen Theorie in Form der aristotelischen Poetik , als Vehikel und Anlass zum Widerspruch. Infolgedessen ist Brechts Rezeption der griechischen Tragödie, wie nicht anders zu erwarten, utilitaristisch. Der Aufsatz untersucht folgende Aspekte des Themas: Brechts Bildungshintergrund und seine Grundeinstellung zur griechisch‐römischen Antike; seine Berührungspunkte mit der griechischen Tragödie; den brechtschen Gebrauch der Maske, eines fundamentalen Bühnenmittels im antiken Theater; seine ambivalente Reaktion auf tragische Situationen und das daraus entstehende Leid, wie es am Beispiel des ‘stillen Schreis’ von Helene Weigel als Mutter Courage besonders deutlich hervortritt; und die wichtige methodische Unterscheidung zwischen ‘genealogischer’ und ‘funktionaler’ Äquivalenz. Im Schlussteil lege ich dar, warum dieses Thema ein wichtiger Bestandteil jeden Projektes sein muss, das sich ein ‘Neu‐Denken von Brecht’ zum Ziel setzt.

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Opus teacher head0.030
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