A Brief Summary of Aristotle's
A Brief Summary of Aristotle's "Poetics"
Aristotle opens the Poetics by defining poetry as Mimesis or imitation. Imitation is the common principle of all arts. Some arts imitate by means of colour and shape; while some imitate by means of voice.
Aristotle never gives an explicit analysis of ....
arstotles poetics
Aristotles Poetics
Aristotle is the first systematic critic and his literary criticism is largely embodied in the poetics.
The Plan of The Book:
The poetics is divided into six parts, as follows.
1- Chapters I-V contain introductory remarks, on poetry, its classification into different kinds, ....
Catharsis
Definition
Catharsis is a Greek word meaning purification or cleansing derived from the ancient Greek gerund (transliterated as) kathairein to purify, purge, and adjective katharos pure or clean.
Catharsis can be interpreted as purification or purgation of the emotions (a....
humanistic perspective
Historical and cultural conditions that gave rise to Humanistic perspective:
The humanistic perspective reflects the philosophical view that individuals are born with an innate or natural instinct to be friendly, co-operative and constructive. People thus respond to warmth, kindness and honesty w....
Too Proud to Love, Too Proud to Live
Chinua Achebe is credited for writing some of the most well known modern African novels; one in particular is Things Fall Apart. There is much debate among literary critics whether the protagonist Okonkwo, fits Aristotles classic definition of a tragic hero. According to Aristotle....
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