Communications from the International Brecht Society. 2014-2015, Vol. 43/44, p36-36. 1/2p.
Subjects
CHINESE philosophy, SOCIALISM, and CHINA
Abstract
The article analyzes the influence of Chinese philosophy and socialism of philosophers Lao Tzu and Mao Tzu Tung in writing of playwright Bertolt Brecht on dialectical theatre. Topics discussed include Brecht's plays "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" and "Coriolanus," works in short stories collection "Keuner Geschichten" and the poem "Gedanken bei einem Flug über die Große Mauer," and implication of the interrelationship between the works.