Brecht once concentrated on the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu,which can be discovered in some works of him.Living in the turbulent times,Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu had dialectical observation of the troubled society,...Brecht once concentrated on the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu,which can be discovered in some works of him.Living in the turbulent times,Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu had dialectical observation of the troubled society,which evoked the critical thinking of Brecht,and he began to re-interpret the Chinese philosophy in his own way.Through the verfremdung,in which Brecht was expert,Brecht creatively combined the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu with the seemingly irrelative western thoughts to help him to further develop his theory system.Such philosophically rich stories helped him to achieve the verfremdungseffekt between the audience and the plot of the play.展开更多
基金This paper is a specific funding program of the national basic scientific research "Brecht and the Chinese Culture" ( No. CDJSK100114).
文摘Brecht once concentrated on the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu,which can be discovered in some works of him.Living in the turbulent times,Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu had dialectical observation of the troubled society,which evoked the critical thinking of Brecht,and he began to re-interpret the Chinese philosophy in his own way.Through the verfremdung,in which Brecht was expert,Brecht creatively combined the theories of Lao Tse and Chuang Tzu with the seemingly irrelative western thoughts to help him to further develop his theory system.Such philosophically rich stories helped him to achieve the verfremdungseffekt between the audience and the plot of the play.