According to the theory of Forms, material objects. The book aims, among other things, to answer Plato’s criticisms of representative art. Let us now discuss Tragedy, resuming its formal definition, as resulting from what has been already said. The Poetics is much better known than the Rhetoric, though only the first book of the former, a treatment of epic and tragic poetry, survives. Its tenets are universal and totally applicable to any study of today's literature as well. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle Previous Chapter Next Chapter Chapter VI Of the poetry which imitates in hexameter verse, and of Comedy, we will speak hereafter. Whether or not you're a fan of Aristotle specifically or philosophy in general, this book is really for anyone who likes to read. Hamartia or "miscalculation" (in Romanticism = "tragic flaw") Such terms in this tiny (50 page), yet tightly packed treatise include:Ĭatharsis or, variously, "purgation", "purification", "clarification"Īnagnorisis or "recognition", "identification" His Poetics (335 BCE) is a philosophical text on aesthetics, dramatic theory and the laws of literature, and at 2400 years old is the first of its kind.Īnyone who studies literature will find tons of huge and unwieldy sounding Greek words that might be confusing, but in Poetics much of them are well-defined. Back in Aristotle's day "poetry" included a much wider sphere than it does today, including drama, comedy, tragedy, and the more obvious epic and lyric poetry - it's a term that literally means "making" in this context. In his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that.
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