Anatol Rosenfeld
Anatol Herbert Rosenfeld was a German-born Brazilian philosopher, literary and art critic, journalist, and theatre theorist. He is best known for his works on Bertolt Brecht, epic theatre, cinema, and Afro-Brazilian culture.
Biography
Born in Przemyśl, a Polish city under Austro-Hungarian rule, Rosenfeld moved to Germany with his family in 1912. He attended the Humboldt University of Berlin, where he studied philosophy under Nicolai Hartmann and Eduard Spranger, aesthetics under Max Dessoir, and literary theory under Julius Petersen, as well as history and German literature. In 1936, fleeing nazism, he arrived in Brazil, where he initially worked as a farmer and a peddler, later becoming a prolific essayist, with a focus on German literature.Besides giving private courses on philosophy and literature, Rosenfeld also taught at the University of São Paulo. Many of his lectures were transcribed and posthumously published as books. He was called a
Works
Doze Estudos O Teatro Épico A Personagem de Ficção Teatro Alemão Texto/Contexto Estrutura e Problema das Obras Literárias Mistificações Literárias:- ''Negro, Macumba e Futebol''