Brecht, Hegel, Lacan: Brecht's Theory of Gest and the Problem of the Subject
Brecht used the term "gest" to describe the generic components of human social behavior. He schooled actors in "decomposing" real conduct into distinct gestic images, which were criticized, compared, and altered by other actor-spectators. In his pedagogic theater, Brecht's y...
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New Prairie Press
1986-01-01
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| Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
| Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol10/iss2/7 |