Outline of Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy in the ; POETICS ... Plot is the “first principle,” the most important feature of tragedy. Aristotle defines plot as “the arrangement of the incidents”: i.e., not the story itself but the way the incidents are presented to the audience, the structure of the play.
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Tragedy (Middle English tragedie < Middle French tragedie < Latin tragoedia < Ancient Greek: , tragōidia , "goat-song") is a form of art based on human suffering that, paradoxically, offers i...
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Aristotle's Poetics (Greek: , c. 335 BCE) is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. In it, Aristotle offers an ac...
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Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play;
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Given these examples, we should remember that Aristotle's theory of tragedy, while an important place to begin, should not be used to prescribe one definitive form which applies to all tragedies past and present.
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Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotle's Poetics ... The classic discussion of Greek tragedy is Aristotle's Poetics. He defines tragedy as "the imitation of an action that is serious and also as having magnitude, complete in itself." He continues, "Tragedy is a form of drama exciting the emotions of pity and fear.
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Epic poetry and Tragedy, ... The limit of length in relation to dramatic competition and sensuous presentment is no part of artistic theory. For had it been the rule for a hundred tragedies to compete together, the performance would have been regulated by the water-clock—as indeed we are told was formerly done.
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Aristotleís Theory of Tragedy ... From Gerald Frank Else, Aristotle's Poetics: The Argument (Cambridge, Harvard University Press: 1957), pp. 306-307 ... Seen in the light of Platoís attacks on poetry, Aristotleís theory is, depending on oneís point of view, either a liberation or a condemnation.
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