The Days of the Commune
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The Days of the Commune is a play by Bertolt Brecht that dramatizes the events and political struggles of the 1871 Paris Commune.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Days of the Commune canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Days of the Commune Context triple: [Bertolt Brecht, notableWork, The Days of the Commune]
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A.
July Days
July Days was a brief but intense period of armed demonstrations and political unrest in Petrograd in July 1917 that exposed the weakness of the Russian Provisional Government and boosted Bolshevik influence ahead of the October Revolution.
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B.
Day of the Barricades
The Day of the Barricades was a 1588 uprising in Paris during the French Wars of Religion, when Catholic League supporters rebelled against King Henry III, dramatically weakening royal authority.
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C.
Le Coup d’État permanent
Le Coup d’État permanent is a political essay by François Mitterrand that sharply criticizes France’s Fifth Republic and the presidential power structure established by Charles de Gaulle.
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D.
L'Ami du peuple
L'Ami du peuple was a radical French Revolutionary newspaper edited by Jean-Paul Marat that became famous for its fierce advocacy of popular violence and denunciation of perceived enemies of the Revolution.
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E.
Scènes de la vie politique
Scènes de la vie politique is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his novels and stories focused on political life and power in 19th-century France.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Days of the Commune Target entity description: The Days of the Commune is a play by Bertolt Brecht that dramatizes the events and political struggles of the 1871 Paris Commune.
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A.
July Days
July Days was a brief but intense period of armed demonstrations and political unrest in Petrograd in July 1917 that exposed the weakness of the Russian Provisional Government and boosted Bolshevik influence ahead of the October Revolution.
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B.
Day of the Barricades
The Day of the Barricades was a 1588 uprising in Paris during the French Wars of Religion, when Catholic League supporters rebelled against King Henry III, dramatically weakening royal authority.
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C.
Le Coup d’État permanent
Le Coup d’État permanent is a political essay by François Mitterrand that sharply criticizes France’s Fifth Republic and the presidential power structure established by Charles de Gaulle.
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D.
L'Ami du peuple
L'Ami du peuple was a radical French Revolutionary newspaper edited by Jean-Paul Marat that became famous for its fierce advocacy of popular violence and denunciation of perceived enemies of the Revolution.
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E.
Scènes de la vie politique
Scènes de la vie politique is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his novels and stories focused on political life and power in 19th-century France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical events of the Paris Commune ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Paris Commune of 1871
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris Commune
|
| dramaticFunction | to examine failures and potentials of revolutionary government ⓘ |
| dramaturgicalStyle |
didactic
ⓘ
non‑naturalistic ⓘ |
| genre |
epic theatre
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ political theatre ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | collective protagonists ⓘ |
| hasDramaticForm | episodic structure ⓘ |
| hasForm | stage play ⓘ |
| historicalPerspective | pro‑Commune ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | politically engaged theatre audiences ⓘ |
| intendedMessage | critical analysis of revolutionary politics ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
agitprop‑influenced drama
ⓘ
left‑wing theatre ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Paris Commune ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| movement |
Brechtian theatre
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epic theatre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Bertolt Brecht's political plays ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Marxist ⓘ |
| portrays |
internal conflicts within the Commune
ⓘ
revolutionary government in Paris ⓘ suppression of the Commune ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1871 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | theatre scholarship on Brecht and the Paris Commune ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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collective action ⓘ democracy ⓘ revolution ⓘ state power ⓘ workers' movement ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
Verfremdungseffekt
ⓘ
choral scenes ⓘ direct address to audience ⓘ |
| workOf | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| writer | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
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