Die Soldaten

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Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
stage play
author Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
character Desportes
Marie Wesener
Stolzius
Wesener
countryOfOrigin Germany
firstPerformanceLocation Germany
genre drama
tragedy
hasAdaptation Die Soldaten (opera)
hasPart Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
influenced Die Soldaten (opera)
influencedBy Sturm und Drang movement
linked to: Sturm und Drang
literaryPeriod 18th-century German literature
mainCharacter Marie Wesener
movement Sturm und Drang
notableFor early example of Sturm und Drang theatre
radical social criticism in 18th-century drama
originalLanguage German
portrays destruction of an individual by social forces
social consequences of militarism
setting 18th-century Germany
subject class oppression
militarism
moral decay
social criticism
theme class hierarchy
corruption of values by military culture
decline of the bourgeoisie
exploitation of women
timePeriodDepicted 18th century

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Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz notableWork Die Soldaten
subject linked to: Lenz