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Epic theatre

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In literature, epic theatre means: A theatrical approach using interruption and distance to encourage critical thought about society.

In Turkish: epik tiyatro

How it is used

Use for theatre that invites judgment about social conditions through devices such as songs, captions and interrupted scenes.

Example sentences

  1. The epic theatre production interrupts the factory scene with a song about wages.

    The interruption shifts attention from personal drama to working conditions.

  2. Students used epic theatre techniques to show that the characters' choices depended on social rules.

    The staging presents behavior as shaped by conditions that can be questioned.

Common collocations

  • epic theatre techniques
  • an epic theatre production
  • dramaLiterature written to be performed by actors on a stage, telling a story through dialogue and action; also a single serious play.
  • literary theoryThe study of the ideas and methods used to read and interpret literature, such as structuralism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, feminism and postcolonial theory.

More terms: Drama and Theatre

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