Perspectives in World Theater: Epic Theater

Terms	Definitions
instructive theater, passive	Epic theater is known as the "______", because Brecht doesn't want you to empathize with Mother Courage and be ______.
engaged, ask questions	Brecht wanted to keep his audiences ______, wanted them to ______, and try to change what they'd seen.
fourth wall, representational, third person	Brecht often told his actors to break the ______. His theater was not ______, and during rehearsal he would tell them to talk in ______ to distance themselves.
objects, audience	Brecht's actors were told to treat words like ______. There was no set, and the characters can address the ______.
film	Behind the action, Brecht had _____ montages to comment on the action.
break up the action	Songs were used to _____.
signs	People held up ______ announcing what's going to happen in the next scene.
lighting, machinery	Marxist Influence: You see the ______, the films, and the ______. You see what goes into making a production.
verfremdungseffekt	Alienation, distancing. The songs and films distance you.
Berliner Ensemble	Brecht's group was known as the ______.
total theater	Brecht's theater is not ______ because the elements are kept separate.
episodic	While Aristotle's plays were causal with tightly interwoven events, epic theater is more ______.
Eilif, Katrin, Swiss Cheese	Mother Courage had three kids: ______, the brave one, ______, the compassionate one, and ______, the honest one.
wagon	The ______ was Mother Courage's home and livelihood.

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