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Brechtian

Meaning of "Brechtian" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BRECHTIAN

ˈbrɛxtɪən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRECHTIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brechtian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BRECHTIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht (/brɛkt/; German: ( listen); born Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (help·info); 10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956) was a German poet, playwright, theatre director, and Marxist. A theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel.

Definition of Brechtian in the English dictionary

The definition of Brechtian in the dictionary is of or relating to Bertolt Brecht, the German dramatist, theatrical producer, and poet and his work.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRECHTIAN

anti-Christian · bastion · countian · demibastion · Faustian · fustian · Gravettian · Judaeo-Christian · Kantian · Lovecraftian · Mozartian · nemertean · Philistian · Procrustean · Proustian · Shahaptian · strontian · Swiftian · Tahitian · teleostean

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRECHTIAN

Brecht · Brecknock · Brecknockshire · Brecon · Breconshire · bred · Breda

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRECHTIAN

Alsatian · Christian · Croatian · Dalmatian · dietitian · Early Christian · Egyptian · Gratian · Haitian · Hetian · Laotian · Lilliputian · Martian · Mauritian · Nova Scotian · Ossetian · Sebastian · Serbo-Croatian · Titian · Venetian

Synonyms and antonyms of Brechtian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Brechtian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRECHTIAN

Find out the translation of Brechtian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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布莱希特
1,325 millions of speakers
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brechtiano
570 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
510 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
380 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
280 millions of speakers
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Брехта
278 millions of speakers
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brechtiano
270 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
260 millions of speakers
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brechtien
220 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
190 millions of speakers
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Brecht
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ブレヒト流の
130 millions of speakers
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브레히트
85 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
85 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
80 millions of speakers
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பிரெச்டியன் வகையான
75 millions of speakers
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ब्रेचिअन
75 millions of speakers
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Brechtyen
70 millions of speakers
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brechtiano
65 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
50 millions of speakers
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Брехта
40 millions of speakers
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brechtiană
30 millions of speakers
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μπρεχτική
15 millions of speakers
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Brechtiaanse
14 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
10 millions of speakers
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Brechtian
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Brechtian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRECHTIAN»

Discover the use of Brechtian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Brechtian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Space and Time in Epic Theater: The Brechtian Legacy
The development of epic theater before, during, and after Brecht's time, and analysis of epic productions, showing the form's continued relevance.
Sarah Bryant-Bertail, 2000
2
The Craft of Theatre: Seminars and Discussions in Brechtian ...
The autobiographical account by one of German theater's great actors of his life in the theater.
Ekkehard Schall, 2008
3
Brechtian Theatre of Contradictions: Providing Moral ...
Theatre for Haus, during GDR times, was a means to survive, not only metaphorically. After liberation, post 1989, post GDR, theatre has lost nothing of its importance, quite the contrary. The book hopes to help understand both.
Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe, 2007
4
Unmaking Mimesis: Essays on Feminism and Theatre
body is subsumed in the dialectical narrative of social relations; the spectator's body is given over to rational inquiry (unless there's pleasure to be had with the Brechtian cigar). And Brecht exhibits the typical blindness of all Marxist theorists ...
Elin Diamond, 2003
5
Politics as Form in Lars von Trier: A Post-Brechtian Reading
This is the first study that employs a materialist framework to discuss the political implications of form in the films of Lars von Trier.
Angelos Koutsourakis, 2013
6
Movies and Methods: An Anthology
A. BRECHTIAN. CINEMA? TOWARDS. A. POLITICS. OF. SELF-REFLEXIVE. FILM. DANA POLAN A historian of recent film theory would be obliged to note the tendentious tone that accompanied the introduction of the structuralist, semiotic, ...
Bill Nichols, 1985
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Aestheticism & Modernism: Debating Twentieth-century ...
What. is. 'Brechtian'? Most people in English-speaking countries who know of Brecht probably do so through the common use of the adjective 'Brechtian' to describe a style of theatrical performance. There are at least two reasons for this: first, ...
Richard Danson Brown, Suman Gupta, 2005
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Volker Schlondorff's Cinema: Adaptation, Politics, and the ...
that forward-looking stage and film directors have drawn heavily on Brechtian aesthetics. At the examination for entrance to the DFFB, the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin, an examiner posed the following question to Rainer ...
Hans Bernhard Moeller, George L Lellis, 2012
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The Ghosts of the Avant-Garde(s): Exorcising Experimental ...
of Brook the person, but it also takes critical discussion beyond a fixation on directorial intent and lays open a Brechtian undercurrent of Brook's adaptation. If the poststructuralist reassessment of Brechtian theatre has taught us anything, it is a ...
James M. Harding, 2013
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After Brecht: British Epic Theater
This chapter broaches a series of topics that, considered together, explain the core conviction of this book — that politics and aesthetics are inseparably linked and that Brechtian theory provides a tremendously powerful means of describing  ...
Janelle G. Reinelt, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRECHTIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Brechtian is used in the context of the following news items.
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David Bowie on film: the fleeting faces of an alien arrival
It's another Brechtian performance: not a full impersonation but a demonstration in an intimate, almost confiding manner of what one side of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
To Kill a Mockingbird (Barbican)
Timothy Sheader's Brechtian production sees the cast narrate the action (in English accents) direct from copies of the book, a nod perhaps to ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Jul 15»
3
Magician, the Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles review
The Stranger (1945) was the first commercial picture to use footage from the concentration camps; The Lady from Shanghai's (1947) Brechtian ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Stage Briefs by Keith Loria
“It's extremely unusual, incorporating aspects of Kabuki and an almost Brechtian kind of storytelling, with Japanese influences in the music, but ... «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
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Lovett + Todd at the King's Head Theatre
In a slight departure from our renowned 'Brechtian immersion', we will, nevertheless, bring a piece that truly engrosses and involves audiences, ... «LondonTheatre1, Jul 15»
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Elizabeth MacLennan
... gritty realism, but here the audience could be seen watching the performance in a way that stayed true to 7:84's rough Brechtian aesthetic. «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
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'Nobody wants to be called a hippy': searching for a lost tribe at …
He performed songs and verse somewhere between Brechtian theatre and a Prodigy tribute act. They had lyrics like “I've got the IQ of a fence ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Isn't Very Original
What you can't really declare, with all this Beckettian, Brechtian, Bergmanian, Fellinian, and Pythonian humor, is that it seems original. «Santa Barbara Independent, Jun 15»
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How Liev Schreiber Fixed Himself
My strength is language. My background is monologues and a certain kind of Brechtian spin on theater." In Many Ways, Naomi Watts Is His ... «Men's Journal, Jun 15»
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In search of the authentic: taking tragedy home
Being an audience in broad daylight was a startlingly Brechtian experience, as we could see the spectators in front of us on the tiered seats, ... «Varsity Online, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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