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Author | : Aristotle |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2017-03-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781544217574 |
Download The Poetics of Aristotle Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls "poetry" (a term which in Greek literally means "making" and in this context includes drama - comedy, tragedy, and the satyr play - as well as lyric poetry and epic poetry). They are similar in the fact that they are all imitations but different in the three ways that Aristotle describes: 1. Differences in music rhythm, harmony, meter and melody. 2. Difference of goodness in the characters. 3. Difference in how the narrative is presented: telling a story or acting it out. In examining its "first principles," Aristotle finds two: 1) imitation and 2) genres and other concepts by which that of truth is applied/revealed in the poesis. His analysis of tragedy constitutes the core of the discussion. Although Aristotle's Poetics is universally acknowledged in the Western critical tradition, "almost every detail about his seminal work has aroused divergent opinions."
Author | : Richard Janko |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1984-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780520053038 |
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Author | : Averroës |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Download Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Aristotle's Poetics has held the attention of scholars and authors through the ages, and Averroes has long been known as "the commentator" on Aristotle. His Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics is important because of its striking content. Here, an author steeped in Aristotle's thought and highly familiar with an entirely different poetical tradition shows in careful detail what is commendable about Greek poetics and commendable as well as blameworthy about Arabic poetics.
Author | : Lane Cooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Download An Aristotelian Theory of Comedy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Aristotle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Aesthetics |
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Download The Poetics of Aristotle Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Loren D. Marsh |
Publisher | : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2021-04-12 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3949189041 |
Download Muthos Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book presents a new analysis of Aristotle's concept of narrative in the Poetics. Arguing that the term muthos in the Poetics cannot be understood as equivalent to "plot," Marsh shows that the muthos concept is instead a useful tool for grouping larger sets of narratives based on specific criteria. The results of this muthos analysis indicate that in the classical period, neither formal structure nor the structure of events was determined by theatrical genre, but by the specific combination of tone and plot type. Marsh concludes that the category of genre itself may be less helpful for classifying these plays than is typically assumed.
Author | : Pierre Destrée |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-08-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0190460555 |
Download Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Ancient philosophers considered question about laughter, humor, and comedy to be both philosophically interesting and important. They theorized about laughter and its causes, moralized about the appropriate uses of humor and what it is appropriate to laugh at, and wrote treaties on comedic composition. They were often merciless in ridiculing their opponents' positions, borrowing comedic devices and techniques from comic poetry and drama to do so. This volume is organized around three sets of questions that illuminate the philosophical concerns and corresponding range of answers found in ancient philosophy. The first set investigates the psychology of laughter. What is going on in our minds when we laugh? What background conditions must be in place for laughter to occur? Is laughter necessarily hostile or derisive? The second set of questions concerns the ethical and social norms governing laughter and humor. When is it appropriate or inappropriate to laugh? Does laughter have a positive social function? Is there a virtue, or excellence, connected to laugher and humor? The third set of questions concerns the philosophical uses of humor and comedic technique. Do philosophers use humor exclusively in criticizing rivals, or can it play a positive educational role as well? If it can, how does philosophical humor communicate its philosophical content? This volume does not aim to settle these fascinating questions but more importantly to start a conversation about them, and serve as a reference point for discussions of laughter, humor, and comedy in ancient philosophy.
Author | : Samuel Henry Butcher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Aesthetics |
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Download Aristotle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Leon Golden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Comedy |
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Download Aristotle on Tragic and Comic Mimesis Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Dana Ferrin Sutton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Download The Catharsis of Comedy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Comedy criticism has lacked a theoretical underpinning both to facilitate the work of interpretation and to generate a satisfactory mode of discourse. In The Catharsis of Comedy, Dana F. Sutton takes the initial steps toward the creation of a comprehensive theory that embraces a number of theoretical constructs and analytical techniques. Sutton begins with an examination of the ideas of such thinkers as Aristotle, Herbert Spencer, Sigmund Freud, and Krishna Menon. Once the workings of comic catharsis are described, Sutton relates his new theory to other theories of comedy and humor, including the ideas of festival comedy set forth by Barber and Bakhtin, Lionel Abel's metatheater, and Konrad Lorenz's suggestion that humor originated in primate expressions of hostility. The result is a theory of enormous potential for the analysis of specific comedies, coupled with the creation of a vocabulary with which analytical discoveries can be discussed.