A playwright who employs the 'Brechtian' technique of 'alienation effect' (Verfremdungseffekt) intends primarily to

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prevent the audience from becoming emotionally absorbed so that they think critically about the social issues presented. Bertolt Brecht's alienation effect (Verfremdungseffekt) deliberately disrupts theatrical illusion to prevent emotional immersion, thereby encouraging the audience to engage intellectually and critically with the social and political messages of the play. This is the opposite of Aristotelian catharsi

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A) create intense emotional identification between the audience and the characters

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B) prevent the audience from becoming emotionally absorbed so that they think critically about the social issues presented

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C) use elaborate scenery and costumes to transport the audience into the world of the play

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D) follow Aristotle's unities of time, place, and action strictly

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