Book contents
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figure
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- A Note on Brecht in English
- Introduction
- Part I Brecht’s World
- Part II Brecht’s Work
- Part III The World’s Brecht
- Chapter 23 Brecht and Feminism
- Chapter 24 Brecht in Southern Africa
- Chapter 25 Brecht in the Creation, Production, and Analysis of Opera Today
- Chapter 26 Brecht and His Biographers
- Chapter 27 Brecht Editions
- Chapter 28 Brecht and German Studies
- Chapter 29 Beginning Where Brecht Left Off: Heiner Müller and Brecht’s Legacy
- Chapter 30 Bertolt Brecht in Brazil
- Chapter 31 World Spirit versus Spirit of the Age: Brecht’s Impact and Influence on East German Literature and Culture
- Chapter 32 Brecht in Fiction
- Chapter 33 Brecht and Contemporary Experimental Theater
- Chapter 34 Brecht and US Actor Training
- Chapter 35 Brecht and Transcultural Theater
- Chapter 36 Thinking Brecht in(to) the University
- Chapter 37 “Shrunk in Translation” or: The (Ir)resistible Rise of the Old Traduttore/Traditore Tradition …
- Concise Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 36 - Thinking Brecht in(to) the University
from Part III - The World’s Brecht
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2021
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figure
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- A Note on Brecht in English
- Introduction
- Part I Brecht’s World
- Part II Brecht’s Work
- Part III The World’s Brecht
- Chapter 23 Brecht and Feminism
- Chapter 24 Brecht in Southern Africa
- Chapter 25 Brecht in the Creation, Production, and Analysis of Opera Today
- Chapter 26 Brecht and His Biographers
- Chapter 27 Brecht Editions
- Chapter 28 Brecht and German Studies
- Chapter 29 Beginning Where Brecht Left Off: Heiner Müller and Brecht’s Legacy
- Chapter 30 Bertolt Brecht in Brazil
- Chapter 31 World Spirit versus Spirit of the Age: Brecht’s Impact and Influence on East German Literature and Culture
- Chapter 32 Brecht in Fiction
- Chapter 33 Brecht and Contemporary Experimental Theater
- Chapter 34 Brecht and US Actor Training
- Chapter 35 Brecht and Transcultural Theater
- Chapter 36 Thinking Brecht in(to) the University
- Chapter 37 “Shrunk in Translation” or: The (Ir)resistible Rise of the Old Traduttore/Traditore Tradition …
- Concise Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This article examines the relevance of Brecht’s ideas about theater and pedagogy for the contemporary university, suggesting that a Brechtian approach has the potential to liberate the way that we think about university education and the role of teachers, students, and administrators.Rather than accepting the world as static and given, a Brechtian approach to pedagogy can encourage and develop an active, student-centered approach.It can help to encourage students to create and take charge of their own meaning-making activities.Just as Brechtian theater insists on revolutionary change and invites audience participation, so, too, a Brechtian approach to pedagogy invites student participation and activity, turning over much of the responsibility for meaning-making to those who are seeking an education.This would constitute a revolutionary new way of looking at university education.
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- Bertolt Brecht in Context , pp. 309 - 315Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021