TUTOR OF ALEXANDER Prepared by Nirmala Varghese Assistant Professor Dept of English Christian College POETICS discusses concepts like 1 Mimesis 2Katharsis 3 Hamartia 4 ID: 919974
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ARISTOTLE
CRITIC OF THE CLASSIC AGE
(TUTOR OF ALEXANDER)
Prepared by
Nirmala
Varghese
Assistant Professor
Dept of English
Christian College
Slide2POETICS discusses concepts like
1 Mimesis
2.Katharsis
3
Hamartia
4
Spoudaios
Slide3Mimesis ( Imitation)
Platonic view of art refuted by Aristotle
For
P
lato, imitation implies mere copying and hence trivial and insignificant
For Aristotle, imitation is creative and dynamic
Poetic imitation ,for Aristotle is a imitation of inner human action
Slide4Katharsis
[ Purgation/ Purification of emotions ( pity and fear)in excess]
Meanings associated with
katharsis
1 Therapeutic
2 Moral
3. Structural
4 Intellectual
Slide5Hamartia
( Tragic flaw/ Error in
Judgement
)
The protagonist commits a moral error and for this, he receives his punishment
Eg
. Shakespeare’s heroes( King Lear )
Oedipus Rex
Slide6Spoudaios
( Noble Character)
Character determines moral choice/moral purpose
Tragedy imitates noble character
Slide7Components of a tragedy
1 Plot
2 Character
3 Thought
4. Diction
5. Spectacle
6 Song