"THE INFLUENCE OF BERTOLT BRECHT ON THE THEATRE OF ṢALAḥʿABD AL-ṢABŪR: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ONE OF ʿABD AL-ṢABŪR PLAYS."

Abstract

Epic theatre, a term coined by Bertolt Brecht, is a theatrical stream that developed in the 20th century and neglected the Aristotelian three unities, namely unity of time, unity of place and unity of action. Brecht rejected catharsis, empathy and imitation in favour of historification, alienation and epic. This paper aims to apply the concepts of epic theatre on Ṣalaḥʿabd Al-Ṣabūr'sNow the King is Dead in order to show how Ṣalaḥʿabd Al-Ṣabūr is influenced by Brecht and the epic theatre.This paper attempts to determine whether Now the King is Dead belongs to the absurd theatre or the epic theatre. In order to trace the influence of Bertolt Brecht on Ṣalaḥʿabd Al-Ṣabūr'sNow the King is Dead, this paper adopts the descriptive approach depending on the content analysis within a comparative mood to reveal the influence of Brecht on ʿabd Al-Ṣabūr.