THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Distancing Effect, Social Realism, Militarism
30 Oct 2017
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Cultural context: brecht: a german marxist, exiled in 1933, mother courage written in 1939, after germany"s invasion of poland. Social realism places moral ideals in the context of the real world: epic theatre challenges the very conception of the real world. The goals of epic theatre: to show how social reality is constructed, to make the audience aware of the social consequences of that construction; and, to prompt the audience to take charge of the construction of their world. And - the doing also creates critical perspective (action "made strange" The alienation effect: verfremdungseffekt: the effect of making strange, does not aim to alienate audience, aims to engage audience with the politics of action. Juxtaposition of elements, which comment on each other. Hide the means of production means of production revealed. Understand the psychology & emotional life of character, but from the outside. See play from characters point of view see character from political standpoint.
