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The expressionist debate in the light of the concerns of postmodernity : Lukacs, Brecht, Lyotard and Habermas

This dissertation investigates the debate between Georg Lukács and Bertolt Brecht in the 1930s, known as the Expressionist Debate and the controversy between Jean-Francais Lyotard and Juergen Habermas. which took place in the 1980s. The two debates. both of which took place among writers of the Left...

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Main Author: Fischer, Bettina
Other Authors: Pakendorf, Gunther
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Language:English
Published: Department of English Language and Literature 2016
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description This dissertation investigates the debate between Georg Lukács and Bertolt Brecht in the 1930s, known as the Expressionist Debate and the controversy between Jean-Francais Lyotard and Juergen Habermas. which took place in the 1980s. The two debates. both of which took place among writers of the Left are juxtaposed in order to shed more light on the issues at stake in the Expressionist Debate when looked at in the light of postmodern concerns. The dissertation is based on selected texts by each of the four writers. Bibliography: pages 82-85.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/18587 The expressionist debate in the light of the concerns of postmodernity : Lukacs, Brecht, Lyotard and Habermas Fischer, Bettina Pakendorf, Gunther Literary Studies This dissertation investigates the debate between Georg Lukács and Bertolt Brecht in the 1930s, known as the Expressionist Debate and the controversy between Jean-Francais Lyotard and Juergen Habermas. which took place in the 1980s. The two debates. both of which took place among writers of the Left are juxtaposed in order to shed more light on the issues at stake in the Expressionist Debate when looked at in the light of postmodern concerns. The dissertation is based on selected texts by each of the four writers. Bibliography: pages 82-85. 2016-04-05T11:38:39Z 2016-04-05T11:38:39Z 1996 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18587 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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