To provoke rational self-reflection and a critical view of the action on stage, rather than emotional involvement.
To create an emotional bond between the audience and characters.
To entertain the audience with extravagant visuals and music.
To ensure strict adherence to a linear plot structure.
Epic theatre is more focused on personal romance.
Epic theatre emphasizes special effects over meaningful content.
Epic theatre focuses on narration rather than plot, encouraging the audience to think critically rather than becoming emotionally involved.
Epic theatre utilizes more realistic settings.
A technique to deepen audience's emotional connection with characters.
It is a strategy to prevent the audience from losing itself in the narrative, instead prompting them to remain objective and critical.
An effect that enhances the realism of a play.
A method to disguise the true meanings of the play.
To confuse the audience about the storyline.
To remind the audience that they are watching a performance and to encourage critical detachment.
To adhere to traditional theatre norms.
To mimic the feelings of characters on stage.
Music often breaks the action to comment on the narrative, reinforcing detachment and provoking thought.
Music is primarily used to create a dreamlike atmosphere for the audience.
To insert emotional depth and involvements within characters.
To make the performance more commercially successful with catchy songs.
Much Ado About Nothing.
Death of a Salesman.
A Streetcar Named Desire.
The Threepenny Opera is a well-known example of epic theatre by Brecht.
Characters are often portrayed as types rather than individuals, to focus on social and political themes.
As complex individuals with intricate personal backstories.
As humorous caricatures to entertain the audience.
In a mystical and supernatural manner to invoke emotion.
He preferred a strict chronological order for clarity.
He focused on a single, uninterrupted plotline.
Brecht preferred a non-linear narrative structure to disrupt contiguous narrative development and encourage reflection.
He emphasized picturesque settings over storytelling.
Primarily as passive observers who should be entertained.
He saw the audience as active participants who should question the social and political implications of the story.
As contributors to the plot developments during performances.
An inconsequential part of the theatrical experience.
They led him to focus on environmental themes.
His Marxist beliefs influenced the themes of social justice and critique of capitalism in his plays.
They discouraged any political engagement within his works.
They made him avoid any controversial topics in theatre.
'Gestus' is a technique that combines physical gesture with a social attitude to reveal character and societal conditions.
A simple hand gesture used to signal the audience's participation.
A technique for emphasizing the aesthetic beauty of dance.
An enactment of personal emotions of actors.
It creates a smoother narrative flow for audiences.
Narration is used to interrupt the action and provide commentary, guiding the audience to think critically about the issues presented.
It simplifies complex themes into a linear story.
It connects the audience emotionally to the storyline.
Warm and colorful lighting to reflect the emotions.
Subtle lighting to blend scene transitions seamlessly.
Brecht often used harsh, white lighting to avoid creating an emotional atmosphere and to keep the audience focused on the message.
Alternating light tones to synchronize with music cues.
Settings are often minimalistic and non-realistic, focusing on function over illusion to highlight the themes of the play.
As glamorous and elaborate as possible.
In a way that replicates real-world environments down to the finest detail.
Utilizing digital projections for modern effects.
Brecht’s epic theatre challenged conventions by dismissing illusions, focusing on politics, and involving the audience as critical thinkers.
By adhering strictly to classical Greek theatre structures.
By focusing entirely on visuals and costumes.
By eliminating any musical and artistic aspects in performances.