Brecht and Method

193 Pages·1998·8.107 MB·English

by  Fredric Jameson

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Contents
Prologue
1 Niitzliches 1
2 MonadCihcr onologies 5
3 Triangulating Brecht 19
PARTI Doctrine/Lehre
4 Estrangoeftm heEens ttsr angEefmfeenctt- 35
5 Autonomization 43
6 Episocrht,,h e TPheirrsdo n 51
7 Dualiotfti heSesu ebcjt 58
8 FroMmu litplitcoCi otnyt radiction 66
PARTI IG estus
9 Pedoaggya sA utoreferentiality 89
10 Parable 99
11 Grundgestus 105
12 Casus 118
13 Allegory
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CONTENTS
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PARTI IIPr overribisc!hSep
14P rovearnbPdse asHainstt ory 131
15R egisatnedGr esn eDriiscc ontinuities 140
16R epresietnoytfC a abpiiltalism 149
17' Beinah' 161
Epilogue
18M odernity 156
19 Actuality 168
20 Historicity 157
Index 181
Prologue
1 Niitzliches
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