By Robert Gillett, Godela Weiss-Sussex
This quantity offers a cross-section of present Brecht experiences, reflecting a number of techniques and views starting from certain exegesis of specific texts to cultural feedback within the broadest experience. It presents analyses of Brecht's paintings and investigates his pervasive impression in twentieth century literature. The reviews accrued the following conceal the complete of Brecht's occupation, from the early one-acter Kleinbürgerhochzeit of 1919 to the Sinn und Form years instantly previous his demise, in addition to his use of culture and his legacy. when it comes to redressing an inclination in Brecht reception to treat him commonly as a dramatist, the quantity covers novels, poetry, movie, images, journalism and concept in addition to performs
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Caesar ist zwar der Protagonist des Romans, aber er ist es nicht als Subjekt, von dem aus und auf den hin die Romanwelt entworfen wird. 41 Die Erzählinstanzen stehen Caesar gegenüber, es gibt keinerlei Introspektion, keine Gelegenheit zur Einfühlung und keinen Versuch einer Rechtfertigung seines Verhaltens aus der Eigenart seiner Persönlichkeit oder aus subjektiver Motivation. In diesem Sinne sind Die Geschäfte des Herrn Julius Caesar als antiaristotelischer Roman zu bezeichnen. Brecht hat das Prinzip der Entsubjektivierung, das in einem modernen Wirklichkeitsverständnis begründet ist, auf den historischen Stoff übertragen und diesen zum Gegenstand eines materialistischen Geschichtsverständnisses gemacht.
P. 22; Jan Knopf: Schlechte Zeit für Lyrik. ): Brecht Handbuch. 1). Vol. 2. Pp. 322–324. Here p. 324. qxd 4/16/08 2:17 PM Page 46 46 As a final example, I should like to draw attention to a poem which actually predates “Schlechte Zeit” but which, in mood and construction, is comparable to many of the post-war period. Unusually for Brecht, it carries no title. Now untitled poems are usually quoted by their first line, but in my experience this is not the case with the following, an apparently modest proposal concerning an epitaph.
465. Vgl. hierzu auch: Bertolt Brecht: Glossen zu Stevenson. BFA 21. S. 107–108. 1939. BFA 26. S. 331. qxd 4/16/08 10:44 AM Page 30 30 deinem Julius würde auch kein anderer Bericht eine Gestalt machen können. […] Dein Herr [ist] keine Einzelperson, sondern nur der sichtbarste Teil eines kräftigen, bösartigen, sein Aussehen übrigens immerfort wechselnden Wesens” (BFA 17. S. 371–372). Brecht hat sich über die damit bezeichneten Schwierigkeiten des Romanprojekts Rechenschaft abgelegt. Im Journal hält er fest: “Die ganze ‘Caesar’-Konzeption ist unmenschlich.