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First things first. Before we begin analyzing Mother Courage in order to find out which category the play belongs to, we need to clear our doubts about Epic Theatre.

In 1920's Germany developed a form of drama in which presentation of ideas was more central. It used conventional devices like placards, music, films, chorus, narration to create a theatre emphasizing a response of thought rather than emotion. Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage is a form of Epic Theatre.

First because the scenes in Epic theatre are episodic in nature. And also, Brecht used the form of "alienation" to make his audience think. Alienation prevented the actors from completely getting into their character.

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