On The Drama Aesthetic Thought Of Brecht

Brecht is a writer who has an important influence on the history of modern western dramatic art. He pioneered the epic drama which taken "estrangement" as the main means of drama, and made great achievement in the aspects of drama theory and aesthetics of stage performance. This paper, taking the theory of drama and drama aesthetic as the entry point, studies on the Brecht’s theory of drama and practice of performance, analyzes the characteristics of his drama theory and evaluates the contributions which he has made for the development of modern drama.This article firstly picks out Brecht’s dramatic theory, and tries to interpret it from the point of view of sociology of art and the politics of culture aesthetic, to understand Brecht’s theories and ideas about the function of drama, to compare it with some viewpoints of Marx art theory which related with it, to make a summary of the characteristics and the value of Brecht’s epic theatre. And then, taking hypothesis principle of drama and aesthetic psychology as the entry point, this article analyzes the stage practice of Brecht’s epic theatre and reveals the epic drama’s significance in the means of artistic expression and the receptive aesthetics of stage performance. Finally, from the point of view of the relationship between art and science, we demonstrate the aesthetics’pursuit of Brecht’s drama theory and point out Brecht’s effort to make art and science together in the construction of drama theory and the practice of drama.The main point of this paper is to be showed as follows. Brecht advocated a theory of drama that must closely contact with times and timely represent it. He tried to make the old drama adapt to the scientific (Marx doctrine) social theory. On the one hand, he explored into bourgeois ideology which hidden behind the experience of drama; on the other hand, he thought that the drama theory of Aristotle which bring the resonance effect can no longer make viewers of scientific ages got knowledge and true pleasure. He made a bold innovation and experiment by the use of the scientific method of the dialectical materialism in the field of drama art. Based on hypothesis principle of drama, he makes audience pay attention to the hypothesis of the performance on stage. By exposing the scenery, making pause and strengthening the drama plot, the actor’s estrange way of performance let the audiences know the imitation and hypothesis characteristics of theatre arts, let the audience out of the resonance with roles and perceive and judge the plot and the character in the rational condition.The estrange way of performance restrict and weaken the resonance and theater illusion of experiential drama, which allow viewers to generate a weak hallucinations with a moderate experience in both emotion and reason. It realizes the audience’s aesthetic imagination and stimulates the creation of subject. Epic Drama advocate that art and science must rationally blend with each other, and education and entertainment must effectively be combined with. Audiences who interested in understanding of the world and changing the world can see a world on stage which can be changed and is changing. In the world of stage, the mystery of human society can be explored. And then audiences can enjoy the passion of observation and finding and generate a rich aesthetic experience which contain the real, good, and beauty.