the function of love in berthold brecht's turandot

turandot is the title of a warlike woman in the narrations ofone thousand and one days which has become the source of creativity for manyiranian classic poets and world dramatist up to now, but the study of thisdrama has been neglected in iran. berthold brecht is one of the diligentplaywrights and narrative theatre practitioners and theorists of the 20th century. he has made many wonderfulachievements and innovations in turandot. brecht wanted to portray the sunsetof reason and rationality in his time. the main plot of this ten-act drama was writtenin 1921 but its final product was presented in 1954. despite the manyresearches that have been done on brecht's prose and verse yet no independantresearch has been carried out on understanding turandot. this paper hasconsidered this dearth of research and has therefore referred to the historicalorigin of turandot and brecht's innovation in the use of the motif of love. bydescribing this drama, brecht's innovations and features of turandot has beenanalyzed.