Chinese Adaptations of Brecht: Appropriation and Intertextuality 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Zhang, Wei (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030377806 ISBN-13: 9783030377809 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Literary Criticism | European - German |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.58 lbs) 200 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book examines the two-way impacts between Brecht and Chinese culture and drama/theatre, focusing on Chinese theatrical productions since the end of the Cultural Revolution all the way to the first decades of the twenty-first century. Wei Zhang considers how Brecht's plays have been adapted/appropriated by Chinese theatre artists to speak to the sociopolitical, economic, and cultural developments in China and how such endeavors reflect and result from dynamic interactions between Chinese philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics, especially as embodied in traditional xiqu and the Brechtian concepts of estrangement (Verfremdungseffekt) and political theatre. In examining these Brecht adaptations, Zhang offers an interdisciplinary study that contributes to the fields of comparative drama/theatre studies, intercultural studies, and performance studies. |