‘Suddenly a stranger comes into the room’: Interruptions in Brecht, Benjamin and Kafka

Freddie Rokem

doi:10.1080/14682761.2015.1114334

‘Suddenly a stranger comes into the room’: Interruptions in Brecht, Benjamin and Kafka

Freddie Rokem^*

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Department of Theatre Arts

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Abstract

This essay presents some suggestions for a re-examination of the notion of the interruption – a central device of Bertolt Brecht’s epic theatre – as it has been reflected on and developed by Walter Benjamin. Franz Kafka is the connecting link, as Benjamin claimed that his world is a world of theater which can only be understood in terms of the gestus, a central notion in Brecht’s epic theatre and of which the interruption is an example.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-26
Number of pages	6
Journal	Studies in Theatre and Performance
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14682761.2015.1114334
State	Published - 2 Jan 2016

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Bertolt Brecht
Franz Kafka
Walter Benjamin
interruptions

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