What was Bertolt Brechts concept of alienation? Describe the various methods he used to distance the ...

ANSWER:Brecht
created the alienation effect as a technique for distancing theatergoers from the
action of his plays because he did not see theatre as a place to escape one's problems but
rather as a place to recognize problems that are then to be solved outside the theatre.
Toward this end, Brecht exposed the theatrical means.
He urged his performers to present characters rather than fully identify with them.
Brecht often set the action of his plays in other times and places.
He permitted theatrical elements to contrast one another and thereby make independent
contributions to the thoughts generated by the production.
Brecht used captions, songs, and other structural devices to draw attention to the
construction of events