alienation effect
E154368
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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: alienation effect Context triple: [Bertolt Brecht, notableConcept, alienation effect]
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A.
Anti
Anti is Rihanna’s critically acclaimed eighth studio album, known for its experimental R&B sound and artistic departure from her earlier pop-oriented work.
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B.
Denial
Denial is a 2016 historical drama film starring Timothy Spall that dramatizes the legal battle between historian Deborah Lipstadt and Holocaust denier David Irving.
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C.
Cynicism
Cynicism is an ancient Greek philosophical school that advocates living in accordance with nature through radical simplicity, self-sufficiency, and rejection of conventional social values.
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D.
Shadhiliyya
Shadhiliyya is a prominent Sunni Sufi order known for emphasizing inner spiritual purification while remaining actively engaged in everyday social and worldly life.
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E.
Intolerance
Intolerance is a 1916 American silent epic film by D. W. Griffith that interweaves four parallel stories from different historical periods to explore the destructive effects of prejudice and persecution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: alienation effect Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Anti
Anti is Rihanna’s critically acclaimed eighth studio album, known for its experimental R&B sound and artistic departure from her earlier pop-oriented work.
-
B.
Denial
Denial is a 2016 historical drama film starring Timothy Spall that dramatizes the legal battle between historian Deborah Lipstadt and Holocaust denier David Irving.
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C.
Cynicism
Cynicism is an ancient Greek philosophical school that advocates living in accordance with nature through radical simplicity, self-sufficiency, and rejection of conventional social values.
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D.
Shadhiliyya
Shadhiliyya is a prominent Sunni Sufi order known for emphasizing inner spiritual purification while remaining actively engaged in everyday social and worldly life.
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E.
Intolerance
Intolerance is a 1916 American silent epic film by D. W. Griffith that interweaves four parallel stories from different historical periods to explore the destructive effects of prejudice and persecution.
- F. None of above. chosen
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"
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Brechtian productions of "The Good Person of Szechwan" ⓘ Brechtian productions of "The Threepenny Opera" ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| conceptualizedIn | epic theatre theory ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Poetics
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surface form:
Aristotelian catharsis
naturalistic theatre ⓘ psychological realism ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | potentially reducing emotional engagement ⓘ |
| developedBy | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| employs |
breaking the fourth wall
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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
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rational analysis by the audience ⓘ |
| field |
dramaturgy
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performance studies ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ |
| goal |
stimulate social change
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transform spectators into critical observers ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
A-effect
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Verfremdungseffekt ⓘ distancing effect ⓘ |
| influenced |
documentary theatre
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political theatre ⓘ postmodern theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Marxist alienation ⓘ |
| notableProponent | Berliner Ensemble ⓘ |
| originLanguage | German ⓘ |
| pedagogicalUse | teaching critical spectatorship ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
defamiliarization
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estrangement ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis | Marxist theory ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | epic theatre ⓘ |
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Subject: alienation effect Description of subject: 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.
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