Question

Bertold Brecht's alienation effect was designed so that theater audiences could:______.a) avoid being absorbed in the experience and miss the important political point of theater.b) reject ideas of playwrights that might be bad for their character.c) reject silly songs and zany behavior so that they could focus on the important work of theater.d) become absorbed emotionally in the horrors of the play.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter A

The alienation of man, for Brecht, does not manifest itself as a product of artistic intuition. Brecht takes care of it consciously and purposefully. But it is not enough to understand and focus on it. The essential thing is not the alienation itself, but the historical effort to de-alienate man.

The role of the dramatic author is not reduced to reproducing, in his work, the society of his time. The main objective, both in terms of content and form, is to exercise a transforming function, which acts revolutionarily on the 'social environment.

Answer 2

Answer:

a) avoid being absorbed in the experience and miss the important political point of theater.

Explanation:

Bertold Brecht was a German poet and playwright who designed the alienation effect. He wasn't comfortable with the emotional attachment the audience had with characters in a play as a result of emotional manipulation by the film directors.

He politicized "epic drama", a kind of style that seek to allow audience objectivity rather than emotional involvement in a play. He wanted his audience to be objective and hence make rational judgement.