The Concept of Alienation, Theoretical Development and Textual Application in Selected Works of Bertolt Brecht

Abstract

This study presents an examination of the theory of alienation which is found in the dramatic work of Bertolt Brecht, the German writer and producer. A historical survey is followed by an attempt to describe the presence of the same phenomenon in the text of two plays by Brecht, Mutter Courage and Der kaukasiche Kreiderkreis.