PPT-Aristotle “Poetics” 1

Aristotle Greek Philosopher from the 5 th Century BC Credited with writing the first text on dramatic theory how to make tragic drama His Poetics is the most important work of literary theory and the most influential of all his works . What do you know about Aristotle’s ideas concerning the . cause. of things?. Four causes?. Potentiality to actuality?. Aristotle. Plato. Potentiality & Actuality. There are two states of being:. ARISTOTLE. (384 BC – 322 BC). Some scholars regard him as the greatest philosopher of all time.. BIOGRAPHY OF ARISTOTLE. QUICK FACTS. NAME : Aristotle. OCCUPATION: Philosopher. BIRTH . DATE : c. . 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 . 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.. 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.. Western theatre: . The Poetics . by Aristotle. Written around 335 BC. · . The Poetics . is the earliest surviving Western work of dramatic theory.. · In this work, some of the things Aristotle analyzes are . 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. Agenda. Discussion. What does tragedy imitate?. Recap and Update. Tetralogy. , Judging. Aristotle’s Poetics. Tragedy Defined, Tragedy Redeemed. 7-Sep 2017. Aristotle Poetics. 2. Discussion. What does tragedy imitate?. (Aka the best philosopher ever). Contribution to . the . orbital motion theory. Believed that the planets and the Sun orbited Earth. He saw no sign that the Earth was in motion. This meant that the Earth had to be stationary, and the planets, the Sun, and the fixed dome of stars rotated around Earth.. 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.. 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 V Paper . VII). Literary Criticism and Critical Appreciation. . . . Unit . I: Classical . Criticism. i. Mimesis ii. . . Catharsis iii. Hamartia.