Based on Bertolt Brecht's concept of Verfremdungseffekt,this paper examines the estrangement effect in War Cries:Plays by Diane Glancy,which is a collection of plays written by Diane Glancy,an American Indian playwright.It argues that by adopting a series of estranging devices such as"non-Aristotelian"structure,ceremonies,dances and soliloquys,Glancy not only exhibits unique Indian cultural elements on the stage,but also visualizes,before the audience,her American Indian characters'spiritual struggle under the oppressive domination of white internal colonialism,thus enabling the audience to examine the actual state of contemporary American Indian existing dilemma dispassionately and to ponder deeply over the complex factors that contribute to such a dilemma.
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戴安娜·格兰西/《战争呼喊:戴安娜·格兰西戏剧集》/陌生化效果/印第安文化元素/生存困境
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Diane Glancy/War Cries:Plays by Diane Glancy/estrangement effect/Indian cultural elements/existing dilemma
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