alienation effect
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The alienation effect is a theatrical technique that deliberately distances the audience emotionally from the action to encourage critical reflection on the social and political issues being presented.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| alienation effect canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brechtian concept
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dramatic theory concept ⓘ theatrical technique ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
encourage critical reflection
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highlight political issues ⓘ highlight social issues ⓘ prevent emotional identification with characters ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
Brechtian productions of "Mother Courage and Her Children"
ⓘ
Brechtian productions of "The Good Person of Szechwan" ⓘ Brechtian productions of "The Threepenny Opera" ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| conceptualizedIn | epic theatre theory ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Poetics
ⓘ
surface form:
Aristotelian catharsis
naturalistic theatre ⓘ psychological realism ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | potentially reducing emotional engagement ⓘ |
| developedBy | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| employs |
breaking the fourth wall
ⓘ
direct address to the audience ⓘ fragmented narrative ⓘ historical or geographic displacement of events ⓘ non-naturalistic acting ⓘ projected text or titles ⓘ songs that comment on the action ⓘ visible stage machinery ⓘ |
| encourages |
awareness of theatre as constructed representation
ⓘ
rational analysis by the audience ⓘ |
| field |
dramaturgy
ⓘ
performance studies ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ |
| goal |
stimulate social change
ⓘ
transform spectators into critical observers ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
A-effect
ⓘ
Verfremdungseffekt ⓘ distancing effect ⓘ |
| influenced |
documentary theatre
ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ postmodern theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Marxist alienation ⓘ |
| notableProponent | Berliner Ensemble ⓘ |
| originLanguage | German ⓘ |
| pedagogicalUse | teaching critical spectatorship ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
defamiliarization
ⓘ
estrangement ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis | Marxist theory ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | epic theatre ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.