Schütte, Uwe (2016). Mit, gegen und nach Brecht:Heiner Müllers Fatzer. German Life and Letters, 69 (2), pp. 256-268.
Abstract
Heiner Müller has often been described as the only rightful (literary) heir and flag- bearer of Bertolt Brecht in German drama of the late twentieth century. This article first examines the critical position that Müller took towards his predecessor. The essay will then focus on the Fatzer complex which Müller considered to be by far the most important work by Brecht. Next, I will discuss the relationship between Fatzer and Müllerʼs synthesised stage version FATZER from 1978, followed by a brief assessment of the various ways in which Mu ̈ller treated Brechtʼs Fatzer material over the next two decades. Special attention will be paid to the radio play that Müller produced of his version of Fatzer during the final years of the GDR; I argue that it represents an exemplary engagement with Brecht’s fragment because, rather than aiming for a standard illusionistic radio play, Mu ̈ller’s intention is to allow his FATZER version, as it were, to speak for itself. To conclude, the essay undertakes a brief and inevitably speculative discussion of the influence of Brechtʼs unfinished drama project on Müller’s works.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/glal.12116 |
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Divisions: | ?? 3980600Jl ?? College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Centre for Language Research at Aston (CLaRA) |
Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Schütte, U. (2016). Mit, gegen und nach Brecht: Heiner Müllers Fatzer. German life and letters, 69(2), 256-268, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/glal.12116.This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Heiner Müller,Bertolt Brecht,Fatzer,communism,Literature and Literary Theory,Sociology and Political Science,Cultural Studies |
Publication ISSN: | 1468-0483 |
Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2024 08:07 |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2016 15:10 |
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PURE Output Type: | Special issue |
Published Date: | 2016-04 |
Published Online Date: | 2016-03-07 |
Accepted Date: | 2016-01-22 |
Authors: |
Schütte, Uwe
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