noun
alienation effect; Verfremdungseffekt
A theatrical technique, associated with Bertolt Brecht, that prevents the audience from losing itself completely in the narrative, instead encouraging critical detachment.
ブレヒトの異化効果は、観客が物語に感情移入しすぎるのを防ぐ。
Brecht's alienation effect prevents the audience from becoming too emotionally absorbed in the story.
Calque of German Verfremdungseffekt, coined by Bertolt Brecht. The Japanese term combines 異化 (defamiliarization) and 効果 (effect).