Brecht and Method (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Fredric Jameson
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Politics, Authors or writers, Literature, Writing, Creative process, Drama or dramatists, Theater
Many modern dramatists have some claim to being regarded as theorists by virtue of having contributed theatrical manifestos along with their plays. Among the more important of these are August Strindberg on naturalism and expressionism; Antonin Artaud on theater of cruelty; Tennessee Williams on a plastic theater; and Arthur Miller on modern tragedy. Yet probably none has been more pervasive on later dramaturgical practice than Bertolt Brecht’s “Short Organum for the Theatre,” in which he distinguishes between the dramatic form and the epic form of playwriting. The former refers...
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