TagBertolt Brecht

How Did Brecht’s Epic Theater Lead Audiences to “Training in Posture”?

In this blog post, we will examine key issues by tracing the progression from Brecht’s early individualistic works to his didactic and epic theater, linking his dialectical aesthetics, his intention to “train in posture,” and the context of the Hitler era.   Brecht and His Theater The works and aesthetics of Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) generally follow a three-stage progression. In line with...