summarized as follows:- I. Critical view of Classical Critical Plato:- is a famous critic of the classical age. His view on art and literature are scattered all over his works which include Republic‚ Lon and various references made by him. His views on poetic inspiration‚ imitation and condemnation of poetry are of great historical significance. These views can be discussed as follows:- Plato was the first philosopher who systematically expressed his views on art and poetry. According to Plato‚ the poet
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individual words. "It’s raining cats and dogs." Foot: the time period into which the beat of the poetic line is divided. A foot is made up of several syllables‚ some long and some short. Meter: refers to how the feet are put together to form lines of poetry. The combinations of long and short syllables give poetry a musical feel. Rhythm: the pattern of long and short syllables in a poetic line. In modern poetry‚ some words receive greater vocal emphasis than others. Lyrics: what poets
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of action and not narrated; and effecting through pity and fear (what we call) the catharsis of such emotions” (Aristotle). This is what the great Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ believes a drama must have to be great‚ which he explains in his essay Poetics. Aristotle believed that it was possible to categorize works of art‚ namely dramas‚ as being better than another by the use of his “rubric.” Basically‚ Aristotle says that to be a great drama‚ the drama must: have a clear protagonist that the audience
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I‚ no. 1 (June 1995) Sacred Ambivalence: Mimetology in Aristotle‚ Horace‚ and Longinus Matthew Schneider Department of English Chapman University Orange CA 92666 schneide@nexus.chapman.edu Almost from its very beginnings mimetology has looked to ancient Greece for its proof texts. For both René Girard’s hypotheses surrounding the ethical and ethnological implications of mimetic desire and Eric Gans’s identification of the part played by mimetic resentment in cultural evolution‚ the texts of
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The Six Elements of a Tragedy in “Oedipus Rex” Aristotle’s “The Poetics” describes the process of a tragedy. It is not the guide per se of writing a tragedy but is the idea’s Aristotle collected while studying tragedies. A tragedy‚ according to Aristotle‚ consists of six major points. The first and most important is the plot‚ which is what all the other points are based on. Such points are: character‚ language‚ thought‚ melody‚ and spectacle (Aristotle). A prime example of the usage of these
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meet the requirements of a successful and noble person; thus making Death of a Salesman not a tragedy. Tragedy‚ as defined by Aristotle‚ has five essential components‚ one being that the tragic hero “is essentially noble in character” (Aristotle’s Poetics). The main character clearly does not meet the requirements of a noble and prosperous person. Willy makes very little money and isn’t well liked. Willy complains to Linda how he makes little money: LINDA: Well‚ it makes seventy dollars and some
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itself which is untouchable for once it is touched it is destroyed. But as translation of poetry has never been stagnant though sometimes vigorous and sometimes not‚ there is strong evidence in both translation history and present day practice that poetic translation‚ a literary form as distinguished from fiction‚ drama‚ and prose‚ is translatable. Poetry itself serves a purpose‚ be it an illusive matter‚ and aesthetics can be reproduced in another language and
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Mimesis‚ Catharsis‚ and Pleasure: An Investigation into Aristotle’s Tragic Pleasure Bradley Elicker Temple University Abstract: Aristotle writes the Poetics as an investigation into representational art and‚ more specifically‚ as an investigation into the art form of tragedy. While Aristotle goes into great detail regarding the technical aspects of creating and appreciating a work of tragedy‚ he is somewhat lacking in his descriptions of how tragedy is enjoyed by an audience. Aristotle speaks
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fates define him as a heroic archetype. From the beginning of the book‚ Oedipus begins with the first stage of a hero’s journey he departed to solve unanswered riddles from the Sphinx and relive to save the land. Aristotle written concept on The Poetics‚ he established the thought of a tragedy hero that‚ “ one must
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character Hedda exemplifies the characteristics needed to be considered a tragic hero. In order to gain a better and more detailed understand of the qualities required for a tragic work‚ we should look to the discussion of tragedy found in Aristotle’s Poetics. He defines tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious‚ complete‚ and possessing magnitude; and effecting through pity and fear the catharsis of such emotions” (Aristotle). Aristotle goes on to describe the tragic hero as a character
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