DRUŠTVENO-POLITIČKI PREOBRAŽAJ PELAGEE VLASOVE U DRAMI „MAJKA“ BERTOLTA BREHTA

Abstract

Brecht was one of the most influential theatre practitioners, playwrights, poets and filmmakers of the 20th century. In this paper we deal with one of his dramas, which was one of his early dramatic writings and which transparently portrays Brecht’s social engagement and his affection for the Communist Party. This drama shows the basic postulates of Marxist ideology and it has received little attention in Serbian scientific literature. This paper points to Brecht’s engagement in this didactic piece, with the support of the theoretical postulates of Shaw, Sartre, Foucault andAdrienne Rich. The aim of the paper is to show the development of the main character, Pelagea Wlassowa, who is undergoing such a transformation, which is inevitably accompanied by her activation in current socio-political events.