Schweyk in the Second World War

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anti-fascist play satirical play stage work theatrical play

Schweyk in the Second World War is a satirical anti-fascist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the cunning everyman Schweik as he navigates life under Nazi rule.

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Label Occurrences
Schweik 1
Schweyk in the Second World War canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-fascist play ⓘ
satirical play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
theatrical play ⓘ
author Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
basedOn The Good Soldier Švejk ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Jaroslav Hašek ⓘ
characterTypeOfProtagonist cunning everyman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
depicts life under Nazi rule ⓘ
dramaticForm epic drama ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
genre epic theatre ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasStyle Brechtian theatre ⓘ
didactic theatre ⓘ
hasSubject World War II ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
fascism ⓘ
resistance ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Schweyk in the Second World War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Schweik
intendedEffect political critique of fascism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist theatre ⓘ
mainCharacter The Good Soldier Švejk ⓘ
surface form: Schweik
medium theatre ⓘ
narrativeLocation Nazi-occupied Europe ⓘ
partOf Bertolt Brecht's theatrical oeuvre ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-Nazi ⓘ
anti-militarist ⓘ
portrays ordinary people under dictatorship ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
theme anti-fascism ⓘ
bureaucratic absurdity ⓘ
everyman hero ⓘ
resistance to Nazism ⓘ
war and oppression ⓘ
usesDevice alienation effect ⓘ
irony ⓘ
satire ⓘ
workPeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Bertolt Brecht → notableWork → Schweyk in the Second World War ⓘ
Schweyk in the Second World War → hasTitleCharacter → Schweyk in the Second World War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schweik