estranhamento
English translation: estrangement
| 12:14 Jan 13, 2003 |
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| 5 +1 | distancing |
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| 5 +1 | estrangement |
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| 4 +1 | distanceness |
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| 4 | surprises |
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| 3 | alienation |
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| 1 | upset |
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upset Explanation: just a guess |
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surprises Explanation: (unexpected) surprises I would assume |
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13 mins confidence:
alienation Explanation: Because perhaps this refers to the fact that the writer is not capable of alienating himself from his readers/audience. Hope it helps, David Cabrita |
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23 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1distanceness Explanation: This is what comes to me since that in drama "distanciamento" means, in a nutshell, the removal of the spectator's emotional involvement. HTH. |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1distancing Explanation: Gino gave the right explanation (as per Aurelio's Dictionary), but used the wrong word. Here one good example and reference, from Google: Aesthetic Distancing in Tom Stoppard's Drama Aesthetic Distancing in Tom Stoppard's Drama ... In attaining aesthetic distancing Stoppard employs the artifice of the theatre as abundantly as possible. ... members.tripod.com/~warlight/aysegul2.html - 21k -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-13 14:34:41 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Another reference for the same meaning: You find yourself distancing from a patient More Facts and Comments Staying close to pain in patients and relatives can be very difficult. Vachon (1993) calls this effect `battle fatigue\' - the price you pay for getting close. It was an insidious feeling. I just knew that I didn\'t feel comfortable with this patient and I kept our time together to a minimum. (A Doctor) If talking about death and dying makes us feel uncomfortable or embarrasses us, it\'s hardly surprising if we distance ourselves from dying patients. (Kate Copp, Macmillan Nurse Teacher) Why do the doctors not talk to me? Why do they just stand at the bottom of my bed? (A Patient) Those caring for the cancer patient may unwittingly use techniques which keep him at an emotional distance - jollying the patient along, telling him that there is no reason to be upset. Tone of voice, demeanour, facial expression are all ways in which staff unconsciously tell patients that they do not wish to listen to them. (I Lichter (1987)) Three possible reasons for distancing are fear that the result of interacting with patients would be their release of emotional energy in the form of crying or shouting anxiety about not being able to answer difficult questions avoidance of thoughts of one\'s own mortality -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-13 14:38:12 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The reference for the above text is: www.dundee.ac.uk/meded/help/sectionb/b11d.htm |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1estrangement Explanation: in this context.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-13 16:15:11 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- distancing as in the theory of Bertold Brecht is distanciamento -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-13 21:00:44 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- distanciamento=distanciation or distancing alienação=alienation estranhamento=estrangement also uncanniness or the uncanny |
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