UNIT 11
UNIT 11: 'Art is not a mirror to reflect society but the hammer with which to shape it ' - Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht was born 10 February 1898 in Augsburg Germany , he was known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, a German theatre practitioner , playwriter and poet . When Brecht was 16, the first world war broke out. As a young man, he studied medicine and serving as a medical orderly in an army hospital during World War I and appalled by the effects of the war. After seen the terror, the violence and the wrongful act of war, Brecht started questioning the society and politics. Brecht grew a strong political voice, He was heavily influenced by Marxist ideas, which is a method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a ...