Trilogies of Theodoros Angelopoulos within the framework of Brecht's aesthetics

Bertolt Brecht developed the theory of ''Epic Theatre' in respose to Aristotle's theory of ''Dramatic Theatre''. Brecht continued his theory of aesthetics in his work form the early 1920s until his death. Brecht advocated the 'alienation effect' as a concept opposed to catharsis and identification. The audience, who does not identify with the character and events, remains passive in terms of evaluating, questioning and criticizing the events. Brecht's aesthetics, in contrast to this, with the effect of audience the fact taht what he is watching is a play.In this way,the audience gains a more critical angele towards events and characters. There are eight concepts that make up Brecht's aesthetic theory. Brecht's aesthetic theory was not limited to theater, but also influenced cinema. There are many directors who were influenced by Brecht's aesthetic theory. One of them is Theodoros Angelopoulos. In his films, Angelopoulos combined the concepts of Brecht's aesthetic theory with hisown mise en scene. The audience is alienated, just like in epic theatre. The fact that what he is watching is a movie is reflected. The aim of this study is to define Bertolt Brecht's aesthetic theory and to analyze it in the axis of four films beleonging to different periods selected from Theodors Angelopoulos trilogies named ''History Trilogy'','' Silence Trilogy'', '' Border Trilogy'' and ''Modern Greek Trilogy'' within the framework of the concepts contained in the aesthetic theroy.