Bertolt Brecht, LeRoi Jones and Antonin Artaud :: LeRoi Jones Dutchman

Bertolt Brecht, LeRoi Jones and Antonin ArtaudIn LeRoi Joness campaign, Dutchman, elements of realism, naturalism andnon-realism abound. The go features characters much(prenominal) as Clay, atwenty-year-old pitch blackness, Lula, a thirty-year-old exsanguinous woman, both lightand black passengers on a thermionic tube coach, a young Negro and a conductor.All of these characters take a posture that, for each, ends with differentdestinations and leaves the hearing to sort through the details andfind conclusions themselves. In this play, Jones uses graphic,naturalistic and non- vivid elements to fetch societal issues such as racial discrimination in the authors own dis colored style. Joness portrayal issupported with the influences of Bertolt Brecht and Antonin Artaud,whose own disillusionment deepen their works and greatly diversifiedtheatrical conventions. Dutchman is a play that should be talkedab bulge out by its audience so they shadower take eccentric cleanse th emselves of theissues within, therefore, as many conclusions can be drawn by theindividuals exposed in this play as there are poetry of people that know seen or read it.Realism and naturalism arose out of a realism which was increasingly becoming scientifically advanced. Airplanes,railroads, automobiles, steamboats and communication advances such as television, radio, the shout and the telegraphincreased the speed and the amount of discipline that humanbeings can send. Realism and naturalism . . . arose in partas responses to those new social and philosophical conditions(Cameron and Gillespie, pg. 335). Following in a realisticstyle, Jones sets his play in coeval times and in a contemporaryplace- the resistance. Jones sets the scene with a man sitting in a subwayseat trance holding a magazine. Dim and flickering lights and tailwhistle by against the glass window to his right. These aestheticadornments give the illusion of speed associated with subway travel.Realists bel ieved that the most effective purpose of art was to make betterhumanity by portraying contemporary life and its problems in realisticsettings. Jones depicts racism and instruction execution in a modern setting to motivate us that racism and racially motivated murders are not issues solitary(prenominal) relegated to our nations past, nor is the issue ofinstitutionalised racism.Jones also used non-realistic elements in his play and was belike influenced by Bertolt Brecht in doing so. Brecht oncewrote that . . . to think, or write or make grow a play alsomeans to transform society, to transform the state, to overthrowideologies to close interrogatory (Goosens, 1997). Jones wasinfluenced by Brecht by producing a play in a revolutionistpoetic style which scrutinizes ideologies of race.Bertolt Brecht, LeRoi Jones and Antonin Artaud LeRoi Jones DutchmanBertolt Brecht, LeRoi Jones and Antonin ArtaudIn LeRoi Joness play, Dutchman, elements of realism, naturalism andnon-realism a bound. The play features characters such as Clay, atwenty-year-old Negro, Lula, a thirty-year-old white woman, both whiteand black passengers on a subway coach, a young Negro and a conductor.All of these characters take a ride that, for each, ends with differentdestinations and leaves the audience to sort through the details andfind conclusions themselves. In this play, Jones uses realistic,naturalistic and non-realistic elements to convey social issues such asracism in the authors own disillusioned style. Joness portrayal issupported with the influences of Bertolt Brecht and Antonin Artaud,whose own disillusionment enhanced their works and greatly diversifiedtheatrical conventions. Dutchman is a play that should be talkedabout by its audience so they can take part cleanse themselves of theissues within, therefore, as many conclusions can be drawn by theindividuals exposed in this play as there are numbers of people thathave seen or read it.Realism and naturalism arose out of a world which was increasingly becoming scientifically advanced. Airplanes,railroads, automobiles, steamboats and communication advances such as television, radio, the telephone and the telegraphincreased the speed and the amount of information that humanbeings can send. Realism and naturalism . . . arose in partas responses to those new social and philosophical conditions(Cameron and Gillespie, pg. 335). Following in a realisticstyle, Jones sets his play in contemporary times and in a contemporaryplace- the subway. Jones sets the scene with a man sitting in a subwayseat while holding a magazine. Dim and flickering lights and darknesswhistle by against the glass window to his right. These aestheticadornments give the illusion of speed associated with subway travel.Realists believed that the most effective purpose of art was to improvehumanity by portraying contemporary life and its problems in realisticsettings. Jones depicts racism and murder in a modern setting toremind us t hat racism and racially motivated murders are not issuesonly relegated to our nations past, nor is the issue ofinstitutionalized racism.Jones also used non-realistic elements in his play and wasprobably influenced by Bertolt Brecht in doing so. Brecht oncewrote that . . . to think, or write or produce a play alsomeans to transform society, to transform the state, to subjectideologies to close scrutiny (Goosens, 1997). Jones wasinfluenced by Brecht by producing a play in a revolutionarypoetic style which scrutinizes ideologies of race.