Brecht and critical theory

"Bertolt Brecht's theories of political theatre position him as one of the most important and controversial playwright/directors of the twentieth century. Brecht maintained that unless ideas were useful they should be discarded and this presents a challenge to contemporary Brecht scholarship: what to do with Brecht today? Brecht and Critical Theory argues that Brecht's aesthetic theories are still highly relevant and that an appreciation of his theory and theatre are essential to an understanding of contemporary critical theory." "This book examines the influence of Brecht's aesthetic on the pre-eminent materialist critics of the twentieth century: Louis Althusser, Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Frederic Jameson, Theodor W. Adorno and Raymond Williams. Sean Carney goes on to re-read Brecht through the lens of post-structuralism arguing that there is a Lacanian Brecht and a Derridean Brecht, the result is a new Brecht whose vital importance for the present is located in theories of decentred subjectivity. Brecht and Critical Theory maps the many ways in which Brechtian thinking pervades critical thought today, informing the critical tools and stances that make up the contemporary study of aesthetics."--Jacket.

שנה

2006

שפה

English

הוצאה

Routledge

מהדורות

1

עמודים

200

ISBN

9780415349741

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata