Genre Studies -- Unit- 3 notes
Genre Studies Unit-3 1. ALIENATION · Alienation effect, also called a-effect (or) distancing effect or estrangement effect, German Verfermdungseffekt (or) V-effect, idea central to the dramatic theory of the German dramatist-director Bertolt Brecht. · Brecht adapted the Russian formalist concept of “defamiliarization” which is also called “alienation effect”. · It involves the use of techniques designed to distance the audience from emotion involvement in the play through jolting reminders of the artificiality of the theatrical performance. · “Alienation effect” means that the familiar contents are presented in an unfamiliar way to get a new effect so that the audience does not empathize with the story of a drama, and can think profoundly about the drama. From the drama to the cinema, the theory of “alienation effect” is also suitable for interpreting the text. · Brecht first used the term in an essay on “Alienation Effects