Abstract:
Comedy, satire, ridicule, and humor, in general, stem from a tragedy. Wherever weeping does not
suffice for the tragic fate of mankind, humor or comedy takes on this task by making people laugh.
It is not in vain that typical theatrical emotions are displayed as two smiling and weeping faces.
Tragedy and comedy are two opposing but interconnected aspects that have defined theater since
the beginning of history. In this article, we will see how the epic theater, like the modern theater
that crashed down the Aristotelian criterion in ancient theater, has used comical elements of comics
(satire and comedy) in its structure to transcend features such as catharsis and the strong
Aristotelian plot and turn the play into a means for making the audience aware of their position in
the modern world. The main tool of epic theater for the realization of anti-Aristotelian theater is an
interruption to keep the audience from being trapped and submissive to the plot and to make
him/her contemplate. Comedy is an element can distance the audience from identifying
himself/herself with tragedy.
Machine summary:
Application of Comedy and Satire in the Epic Theater: The Analysis of the Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht Gholamreza Abbasia, Seyed Mostafa Mokhtabadb1, Mohammadreza Sharifzadehc aPh. D, Department of Philosophy of Art, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran bProfessor, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran cAssociate Professor, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Received 26 February 2020; revised 15 March 2020; accepted 01 May 2020 Abstract Comedy, satire, ridicule, and humor, in general, stem from a tragedy.
In this article, we will see how the epic theater, like the modern theater that crashed down the Aristotelian criterion in ancient theater, has used comical elements of comics (satire and comedy) in its structure to transcend features such as catharsis and the strong Aristotelian plot and turn the play into a means for making the audience aware of their position in the modern world.
In the process of breaking Aristotelian rules, the epic theater uses a mirror that disrupts the proportion of elements and unity of time and place of the Aristotelian play, instead of imitations and mimesis, thus creating a tragedy.
Therefore, if the epic theater wants to reverse or at least disrupt Aristotelian laws of mimesis in tragedy and be an allegory of Aristotelian play rather than a parable, it has no choice but to use comedy.
Research Methodology To determine the role of comedy in the epic theater and Brecht’s dialectical theatre, a comparative analysis of the play "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" was performed.