Distancing effect

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAccording to Bertold Brecht, performance in such a way that the audience is hindered from simply identifying itself with the characters in the play, and must evaluate their actions on an overt, conscious level.

Synonyms

verfremdungseffekt endistancement theater upstaging stageplaying dramatic irony stage business theatricism antitheater dramaticism antiplay metatheatre

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