Verfremdungseffekt
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See also: verfremdungseffekt
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Verfremdungseffekt.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): (Anglicised) /vɜːˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/, (emulating German) /fɛːˈfɹɛm.dʊŋs.ɛˌfɛkt/
- (rhotic) IPA(key): (Anglicised) /vɝˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/, (emulating German) /fɛɹˈfɹɛm.dʊŋs.ɛˌfɛkt/
Noun
[edit]Verfremdungseffekt (plural Verfremdungseffekte)
- (theater, literature) Brecht's distancing effect.
- Synonyms: alienation, estrangement
- 1997 May, Clive Barker, Simon Trussler, editors, New Theatre Quarterly, volume 13, number 50, page 114:
- Brecht's famous ‘Verfremdungseffekte’[sic] or ‘alienation effect’, intended to counter the magical associations of stage illusion and the tendency for spellbound audiences to identify emotionally with characters on stage, both of which Brecht found abhorrent.
- A greying out, where distinct elements blend to become one.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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[edit]Verfremdungseffekt
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Further reading
[edit]- distancing effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verfremdung (“alienation”) + -s- + Effekt (“effect”), coined by Bertolt Brecht in 1936.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Verfremdungseffekt m (strong, genitive Verfremdungseffektes or Verfremdungseffekts, plural Verfremdungseffekte)
- (theater, literature) Verfremdungseffekt
- Synonym: V-Effekt
- 2017, “Notizen des Übersetzers”, in Alexander Nitzberg, transl., Meister und Margarita, Galiani, →ISBN:
- Dass dieser berüchtigte Treffpunkt der Hexen […] zur Szenerie der christlichen Passionsgeschichte gemacht wird, sodass sich zwei mythische Welten überlagern, ist ein überraschender modernistischer Kunstgriff, ein Verfremdungseffekt, wie er im Buche steht.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Verfremdungseffekt [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Verfremdungseffekt | die | Verfremdungseffekte |
genitive | eines | des | Verfremdungseffektes, Verfremdungseffekts | der | Verfremdungseffekte |
dative | einem | dem | Verfremdungseffekt, Verfremdungseffekte1 | den | Verfremdungseffekten |
accusative | einen | den | Verfremdungseffekt | die | Verfremdungseffekte |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
[edit]- “Verfremdungseffekt” in Duden online
- “Verfremdungseffekt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Verfremdungseffekt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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