Brechts' and Li's Chalk Circle Plays: Theater
ist Theater
| Title | Author | ISBN | Publisher | Pages | Year | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Theater ist Theater. Ein Vergleich der Kreidekreisstücke Bertolt Brechts und Li Xingdaos |
0-8204-3905-3/0085-2473 |
158 |
1998 |
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Implication of the Book
- This book examines for the first time the formal aesthetic relationships
of the two chalk circle plays. It challenges to evaluate and reconsider
theory and practice of the "epic" theater from anew perspective.
Information on the edition
- New York, Frankfurt am Main, Zürich: Peter
Lang, 1998. The book is published in the series Studies
in Modern German Literature, ed. by Peter
D.G. Brown.
The Theatrical in the Chalk Circle Plays:
A formal aesthetic comparison of the chalk circle plays by Bertolt Brecht and Li Xingdao
Book Description
- Brecht's Epic Theater, one of the most important modern contribution
to the world stage, continues fascinating theater goers and play readers.
This book explores the formal-aesthetic aspects of the chalk circle plays
by Bertolt Brecht and his 13th century Chinese predecessor, Li Xingdao.
The author attempts to reexamine the theories of the epic theater. He analyzes
in details the theatrical presentational devices of both plays and shows
that Brecht's and Li's "epic" theaters excel not only in the epic, but
first of all in the theatrical. The theatrical contains beside the epic
all nondramtic elements, which betrays the dramatic as illusory. Its quality
lies in keeping alive the consciousness of the audience as onlookers and
the consciousness of the actors as displayers and promoting the theatrical
communication between them.
Book Review
- "This study by Peter Yang provides us the first detailed comparison
of Brecht's chalk circle play with its Chinese original. Meanwhile, the
study develops with the examples of effect strategies of both texts an original
conception of the Theatrical, which absolutely gives cause to reconsider
the existing theories on Epic Theater."
- --Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah