Verfremden und Verdrängen. Die Temperierung der Aggressivität in der politischen Lyrik Bertolt Brechts
Verfremden und Verdrängen. Die Temperierung der Aggressivität in der politischen Lyrik Bertolt Brechts

Summary/Abstract: Revolutionary violence may be defined as a form of aggressivity; one, however, that seldom calls itself by that name. It is therefore expectable that political poetry written in favour of the revolution will avoid direct presentation of aggressive behaviour. This applies also to the poems of Bertolt Brecht, even though this author is generally regarded as fascinated by aggression. The means by which he tempered the politically connotated aggressivity will be analysed in this paper. One of them is defamiliarization, consisting in de-contextualizing of actions or in a change of genre convention. Another is repression which makes use of the ‚classical‘ means of condensation and displacement. Finally, it is discussed what aesthetic conception is implied by the presented techniques of tempering.

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