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2. Der Wiener Dramatiker Paul Weidmann und sein aufklärerisches Konzept des Theaters (an Fallbeispielen)
- Creator:
- Giel, Joanna
- Format:
- print, bez média, and svazek
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- 18. století, osvícenství, divadlo, Rakousko (1526-1804), Austrian monarchy (1526-1804), stage drama, Josephinism, 8, and 94(437)
- Language:
- Czech and English
- Description:
- This article discusses the Enlightenment concept of theatre as formulated in the work of the Viennese playwright Paul Weidmann, who was active in the reign of Joseph II (1765-90). In Weidmann’s conception, theatre has two main functions: one is to provide a theoretical basis (the idea of a national theatre; theatre as a school of moral educational); the second is to delineate a socio-historical context. The themes explored by Weidmann are civil war and wars of religion, and the question of how to level social differences - problems that still very much beset the modern world. In the face of current religious, political and economic conflicts, Weidmann’s stage plays still carry a powerful message., Joanna Giel., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
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