PPT-Aristotle’s Poetics Imitation: What’s It Good For?

Agenda Discussion What does tragedy imitate Recap and Update Tetralogy Judging Aristotles Poetics Tragedy Defined Tragedy Redeemed 7Sep 2017 Aristotle Poetics 2 Discussion What does tragedy imitate. How the audience enters the play. "The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.". Aristotle’s Poetics, written at about 335 BCE, is considered to be the first systematic critical theory in the world. For nearly 2,000 years it has inspired the thoughts of writers, philosophers and critics. . The Mind of the School. From The Nichomachean Ethics . “It is no easy task to be good…. any one can get angry- that is easy- or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way..is not easy”. The . greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor . implies . an eye for . resemblance.. Part A. Before Twentieth Century. . Western theatre originated in Athens and its drama has had a significant and sustained impact on . Western culture. as a whole.. City-State of Athens 550-220 B. C.. THE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE trans. S. H. Butcheris a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer-sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Anyperson using t The Poetics. Aristotle. Lived from 384-322 BC. (B. about 20 years after Sophocles’ death.). Made major contributions to physics, metaphysics, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, zoology, and, of course, poetry & theater.. Aristotle. 384-322 BC. Greek Philosopher and Scientist. Alexander the Great’s personal teacher. Wrote about a lot of things. Biology. Government. Theatre. Aristotle’s Poetics. Discussed 6 things that made a good play, put them in order of importance.. DR. IDA BAIZURA BAHAR. GREEK CRITICISM:. ARISTOTLE. Philosopher. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. . Born: 384 BC, Stagira. Died: 322 BC, Chalcis. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher who was a student of Plato’s and a teacher to Alexander the Great. . His writings had a significant impact on Medieval thought and his views of physics was accepted up until the discoveries of Isaac Newton.. Aristotle's Poetics. Aristotle. 's . Poetics. seeks to address the different kinds of poetry, the structure of a good poem, and the division of a poem into its component parts. He defines poetry as a 'medium of imitation' that seeks to represent or duplicate life through character, emotion, or action. Aristotle defines poetry very broadly, including epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, dithyrambic poetry, and even some kinds of music.. PLATO:. The forms [. patterns or ideals. ] are not in this world and can only be known through a process of education. Images make up the lowest category of “objects of knowledge” – art is only “imitation”. (TUTOR OF ALEXANDER). Prepared by. Nirmala. Varghese. Assistant Professor. Dept of English. Christian College. POETICS discusses concepts like. 1 Mimesis. 2.Katharsis. 3 . Hamartia. 4 . Projections the advent of a new disciplinewhich they named neurocinematics, probably inspired by the name of the already well-established discipline of neuroeconomics. In fact, one might be forgiven f Mimeses or Imitation . (Poetics by Aristotle). History . History tells us what actually happened; poetry what may happen. Poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular. In this way, he exhibits the superiority of poetry over history. The poet freed from the tyranny of facts, takes a larger or general view of things, represents the universal in the particular and so shares the philosopher's quest for ultimate truth. He thus equates poetry with philosophy and shows that both are means to a higher truth. By the word 'universal' Aristotle signifies:.