Brecht’s Epic Theatre as a Modern Avant-Garde and Its Influence on Postmodern Theatre/Drama

 

 

Ribut Basuki

 

 

As one of the most influential figures in theatre, Bertold Brecht has stamped his legacy in the world theatre. His search for a new kind of theatre made his theatre a modern avant-garde which has left its traces in postmodern thetres. This article tries to investigate Brecht’s epic theatre as a modern avant-garde and its influence in postmodern theatre. His epic theatre was in fact a revolt against the mainstream modern theatre in which Brecht openly declares that theatre should be ‘political’. Brecht’s theatre was so influential that his theatre becomes reference to the postmodern theatre.

 

 

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Basuki, R. (2002). Brecht’s epic theatre as a modern avant-garde and its influence on postmodern theatre/drama. K@ta, 4(2), 96-104.

 

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