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3. BRECHT'S THEATRE AND CHINESE DRAMA
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BRECHT'STHEATR E A N DCHINES EDRAM A DingYangzhon g Brechtlive dan dwrot ei nth efirs thal fo fth e twentiethcentury ,whe nsociet ywa sundergoin gdramati c changes.Scientifi csocialis mwa sspreadin gan dth e contradictionso fcapitalis mbecam eincreasingl yacute . Thefoundin go fth efirs tsocialis tcountry ,th edisaster s broughtupo nmankin db yth etw oworl dwars ,an dth erapi d advanceso ftechnolog y- al lthes eimportan tevent s affectedth eprogres so fsocia ldevelopment .Thes e changesi ntur nnecessaril ychange dvariou sliterar yforms . Manyne wartisti ccurrent san dschool sappeare di n Europe.I twa si nthi shistorica lperio dtha tBrech t attemptedt ocreat ea theatrica lfor mmor eappropriat e forexpressin gth epanoram aan dcomplexit yo fto-day' s sociallife . Brecht'stheatr econsist so ftw oinseparabl eparts , dramaticwor kan ddramaturgy .I norde rt orealiz ea ne w principleo fart ,Brech texplore dan dassimilate delement s fromEuropea nan dOrienta ltradition so fdifferen t historicalperiod s- fro mGree kdram at oth edram ao fth e GermanWorkers 'Movement .Thi spape ri sa preliminar y investigationo fth erelationshi pbetwee nBrecht' stheatr e andChines edrama . Brechtwa sintereste di nChines ecultur ean darts ,i n itsancien tphilosophy ,suc ha sth ephilosophica lthought so f Mozi(M oTzu )an dKongz i(Confucius) .H eadmire dTan g poetryfo rit sus eo fplai nlanguage .H etranslate dsom e poemsb yB oJuy i(P oChu-i )an dMa oZedong .H estudie d Mao'sphilosophica lthough tan demploye dMao' sdialectica l methodt oanalyz eproblem so far ti nhistreatis eo ndrama , entitled'Dialectic si nth eTheatre' .I nhi slibrar yi nBerlin , Brecht'scop yo fMa oZedong' sMaodu nlu n(O n Contradiction)an dhi scollectio no fChines ebooks ,a Brecht'sTheatr ean dChines eDram a2 9 portraito fConfuciu san dfacia lmakeu pmask so fPekin g Opera,etc .ar ewell-preserved .H ebase dth efamou splay , TheCaucasia nChal kCircl eo nth eYua ndramatist ,L i Xingdao's'Ba odaizh izh izhua nhu iIa n j i '(Judg eBa oan d theChal kCircle )re-interpretin git smeaning .H echos e theparaboli cfor mt otrea tphilosophica lmatter si nTh e GoodPerso no fSezuan .Th eChines epla ywhic hportray s theWa ro fResistanc eagains tJapan ,entitle dLiangs i (Food)(titl echange dt oHirs efu rdi eAcht e[Mille tfo rth e EighthArmy] )wa sals oadapte dan dperforme di nth e BerlinerEnsemble .Thes efact sindicat etha tBrech ti sno t onlya tru efrien do fChin abu tals oa studen to fChines e culturean darts .I nth ewinte ro f1960 ,whe nI wa s receivingm ypractica ltrainin gi nLeipzi gTheaterhoch schule an dth eBerline rEnsemble ,I hear dtha tHelen e WeigelBrecht ,th emanage ro fth eEnsemble ,wishe...