{"product_id":"9783032411976","title":"Brecht Through Classical Chinese Philosophy Parables of Ethics and Survival","description":"\u003ch3\u003eChinese Literature and Culture in the World\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBrecht Through Classical Chinese Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eParables of Ethics and Survival\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWei Zhang\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book studies a cluster of Brecht’s works, including \u003cem\u003eThe Good Person of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSzechwan, Mother Courage and Her Children\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Caucasian Chalk Circle, Schweyk in the Second World War\u003c\/em\u003e, his adaptations of Sophocles’ \u003cem\u003eAntigone \u003c\/em\u003eand Shakespeare’s \u003cem\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eStories of Mr. Keuner\u003c\/em\u003e, through the lens of classical Chinese philosophy as espoused by Confucius, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Mozi, Xunzi, Guanzi, and others, zooming in on the dynamic, dialectical, and high-stakes tensions between ethics and survival in a world of absurdity torn by existential crises. More specifically, this book studies the selected Brechtian works as parables of ethics and survival that embody and espouse Brecht’s sociopolitical, ethical, and aesthetic ideologies shaped by his essentially Marxist worldviews as well as his exposure to classical Chinese culture, philosophy and theatrical arts, and in doing so will contribute meaningfully to the fields of comparative drama\/theatre studies, comparative literature studies, intercultural studies, and performance studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWei Zhang\u003c\/strong\u003e received her PhD in Comparative Theatre from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (2018). She also holds a PhD from Shanghai Theatre Academy (2007). She was a visiting scholar in the Department of World Arts and Culture at UCLA (2009–2010), and senior research scholar at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main in Germany (2023-2024). She is the author of\u003cem\u003e Chinese Adaptations of Brecht: Appropriation and Intertextuality \u003c\/em\u003e(Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), \u003cem\u003ePerformance Across Chinese Borders \u003c\/em\u003e(2024), and two other books on pertinent topics. Her research has been published in \u003cem\u003eTheatre Research International,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAsian Theatre Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy and Literature, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eComparative Drama, Classical Receptions Journal, The Brecht Yearbook\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand many other journals. She is Professor at Hangzhou Normal University, China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032411976\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55561246277772,"sku":"9783032411976","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032411976.jpg?v=1788348864","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032411976","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}