Ludic Philosophy in Brecht’s Drama and Prose

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Ludic Philosophy in Brecht’s Drama and Prose

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This essay looks into ways Bertolt Brecht recycles and exploits what could be called “ludic thinking” mainly in his play Schweik in the Second World War (Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg) and in his Stories of Mr. Keuner. The “ludic” is a significant term in that it does not denote something merely amusing, light, unserious, or escapist (“it is just a game”), it rather signifies a structure that through the categories of play, lightness, or amusement actually grasps seriousness, reality and ethics par excellence. In a three-step argument, I show the kind of ludic approach Brecht uses in his works in the frame of his practices of recycling. First, I explain the project of ludic thinking in its broader historical and systematic context. I mainly flesh out the ideas of Donald Winnicott and Friedrich Nietzsche, who not only introduce the important duality of seriousness and playfulness in the ludic stance, but also show how playfulness nourishes maturity in human beings. Winnicott and Nietzsche also touch upon the ethical dimension of play that plays a crucial role in the reflection on ludic thinking in Brecht, too. Secondly, the aspects of ludic thinking in Brecht are elucidated by clarifying the characteristics of the Brechtian ludic agent. Through the analysis of several passages of the original story on Schweik and its recycling by Brecht, and through analysis of particular stories of Mr. Keuner, I identify these aspects in the rejection of “identification with” and “separation from” as well as in the self-distance and distance from social norms. Lastly, I show that the ludic approach forms a basis of a unique philosophical thinking and ethics.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Ludic Philosophy in Brecht’s Drama and Prose

Popis výsledku anglicky

This essay looks into ways Bertolt Brecht recycles and exploits what could be called “ludic thinking” mainly in his play Schweik in the Second World War (Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg) and in his Stories of Mr. Keuner. The “ludic” is a significant term in that it does not denote something merely amusing, light, unserious, or escapist (“it is just a game”), it rather signifies a structure that through the categories of play, lightness, or amusement actually grasps seriousness, reality and ethics par excellence. In a three-step argument, I show the kind of ludic approach Brecht uses in his works in the frame of his practices of recycling. First, I explain the project of ludic thinking in its broader historical and systematic context. I mainly flesh out the ideas of Donald Winnicott and Friedrich Nietzsche, who not only introduce the important duality of seriousness and playfulness in the ludic stance, but also show how playfulness nourishes maturity in human beings. Winnicott and Nietzsche also touch upon the ethical dimension of play that plays a crucial role in the reflection on ludic thinking in Brecht, too. Secondly, the aspects of ludic thinking in Brecht are elucidated by clarifying the characteristics of the Brechtian ludic agent. Through the analysis of several passages of the original story on Schweik and its recycling by Brecht, and through analysis of particular stories of Mr. Keuner, I identify these aspects in the rejection of “identification with” and “separation from” as well as in the self-distance and distance from social norms. Lastly, I show that the ludic approach forms a basis of a unique philosophical thinking and ethics.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GJ16-00994Y" target="_blank" >GJ16-00994Y: Performativita ve filosofii: kontexty, metody, důsledky</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

The Brecht Yearbook 42: Recycling Brecht

ISBN

978-0-9851956-5-6

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

51-64

Počet stran knihy

292

Název nakladatele

Camden House

Místo vydání

New York

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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