The Days of the Commune
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The Days of the Commune is a play by Bertolt Brecht that dramatizes the events and political struggles of the 1871 Paris Commune.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Days of the Commune canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical events of the Paris Commune ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Paris Commune
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Commune of 1871
|
| dramaticFunction | to examine failures and potentials of revolutionary government ⓘ |
| dramaturgicalStyle |
didactic
ⓘ
non‑naturalistic ⓘ |
| genre |
epic theatre
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ political theatre ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | collective protagonists ⓘ |
| hasDramaticForm | episodic structure ⓘ |
| hasForm | stage play ⓘ |
| historicalPerspective | pro‑Commune ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | politically engaged theatre audiences ⓘ |
| intendedMessage | critical analysis of revolutionary politics ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
agitprop‑influenced drama
ⓘ
left‑wing theatre ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Paris Commune ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| movement |
Brechtian theatre
ⓘ
epic theatre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Bertolt Brecht's political plays ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Marxist ⓘ |
| portrays |
internal conflicts within the Commune
ⓘ
revolutionary government in Paris ⓘ suppression of the Commune ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1871 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | theatre scholarship on Brecht and the Paris Commune ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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collective action ⓘ democracy ⓘ revolution ⓘ state power ⓘ workers' movement ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
Verfremdungseffekt
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choral scenes ⓘ direct address to audience ⓘ |
| workOf | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| writer | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
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