Abstract (eng)
The present thesis tries to demonstrate, to what extent the events of February 1934 and their consequences altered the political, private, and artistic life of Jura Soyfer. For this purpose, Soyfer’s work predating the year 1934 was set forth, whereby his texts on dramatic theory were dealt with in particular. Finally, chapter 9 of the present thesis attempts to highlight the fact that the break, that had been initiated by the events of February, strongly influenced three levels: firstly, the production level, since the its conditions were fundamentally changed through the reintroduction of censorship. Secondly, the level of audience reception was affected, since, according to Horst Jarka, a disturbance between the author and recipient is detectable in Soyfer’s work after 1934. Thirdly, the ideological level, for Soyfer, as a member of the illegal Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ), modified or even gave up positions that had been supported before 1934: exemplary thereof, this thesis tries to point out how far the political discourse of the people’s front and unity front policies as well as the question for Austria’s national character is reflected in Soyfer’s middle plays.