Epic Theater

Japanese: 叙事演劇 - じょじえんげき（英語表記）Episches Theater

A theory of drama proposed by E. Piscator and continued by B. Brecht, who developed it independently. Drama appeals to reason rather than emotion. Since Aristotle, the concept of drama has been empathy, and it has been designed with the intention of assimilating the audience to the actions or characters in the play. In contrast, narrative drama is based on reflection on the uncertainty of emotions and aims to alienate the audience rather than assimilate them. In narrative drama, fragments of reality or facts are presented on stage, and the audience thinks and judges while objectively alienating those facts. Dramatic illusions to make the stage look realistic are rejected, and actors are required to view the characters objectively within the whole play and to consciously and critically grasp them, rather than simply becoming their characters. The stage set is very simple, and the situation is objectively explained using screens, placards, or ballad-like songs, preventing the audience from assimilating and achieving an alienation effect.

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Japanese:

E.ピスカートルが提唱し，B.ブレヒトが引継いで独自に発展させた演劇論。感情よりもむしろ理性に訴える演劇。アリストテレス以来のドラマの概念は感情移入であり，観客を劇のなかの行動に，あるいは劇中の人物に同化させようとする意図をもって仕組まれてきた。これに対して感情の不確かさの反省のうえに立ち，観客を同化させるのではなく，異化させるのが叙事演劇である。叙事演劇では，現実の断片あるいは諸事実が舞台の上で提示され，観客はその事実を客観的に異化しながら考え，判断する。舞台を現実らしく見せるための劇的幻想 (イリュージョン) は否定され，俳優も，単に役になりきるのではなく，役の人物を劇全体のなかで客観的に眺め，意識的・批判的にとらえることが要求される。舞台装置はきわめて単純で，スクリーンやプラカード，あるいはバラード風の歌で状況を客観的に説明することによって，観客の同化を妨げ，異化効果をあげる。

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