Meaning of distancing (what is it, concept and definition)

What is Distance:

Distance is the action of creating a physical or emotional space between two bodies.

Distance is a concept used in dramaturgy, sociology, psychology, design, and architecture.

The word distancing derives from the word distance whose origin in Latin is made up of the prefix dis- which indicates remoteness, from the root sta , part of the verb stare that means to be and the suffix -ntia that indicates quality. Along with the suffix -miento that refers to a result, distancing would refer to the result of the quality of being distant or far.

The distancing in dramaturgy was incorporated by the poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht as a way to push the theater into the 20th century by calling it the theater of the scientific era.

The Jewish sociologist Norbert Elías in his book Commitment and distancing: essays on the sociology of knowledge published in 1990 refers to the extreme rationality of the human being as a central aspect of the relationship between distancing and commitment to society.

In psychology, emotional distancing is studied both as a form of protection from an aggressor, unhealthy family habits, and a form of empathy to overcome separation in a love relationship.

In design and architecture, distance is one of the foundations in the interrelation of forms where each element is separated from the next element without suffering contact with each other. The other forms of interrelation of the forms are: the touch, the superposition, the penetration, the union, the intersection and the coincidence.

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• DesignArchitecture

The distancing effect

The distancing effect (in German: verfremdungseffekt ) was developed by the German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) as a path to the theater of the scientific era as opposed to the traditional Aristotelian theater.

Bertolt Brecht is the founder of epic theater, also called dialectical theater, where he applies the technique of emotional distancing of the viewer to deny the illusion of the play as a tool to reach catharsis, a way of purification and liberation of negative emotions.

The distancing criticizes the theater that traditionally developed according to the protagonist's point of view, failing to create a reflection today, causing the absence of dialectics as an important point of the theater.

The d bretchiano istanciamiento is a form of theater that validates the work as a fiction to bring the public not to recognize the known, placing the characters in situations beyond their ideological historical routine, culture and behaviors that are to awaken an attitude Criticism, in other words, to rescue the lost dialectic.

Brecht distancing characteristics

• Actors use a third-person discourse to develop their characters; the actors show the character instead of becoming them. Opposites to Stanislavsky's "I am". The distance of theatrical discourse is intensified using other types of languages ​​such as: the poetry of the lyrics of the songs, the sound, rhythm, melody and harmony of the music. Validate the work as a fact fiction built through the materiality of the body for fun and reflection.

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• EpicTheaterPoetry