Poetics
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- Author: Aristotle
- Collection: "Sources" Collection
- Year: 29-02-2016
- Translator from Ancient Greek: Georgi Gochev
- Availability: In Stock
- Product Code: 1660-01
- SKU: 16.0155
- ISBN: 978-619-152-799-1
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In the Poetics, his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examine the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the Poetics introduced into literary criticism such central concepts as mimesis ('imitation'), hamartia ('error') and katharsis, which have informed serious thinking about drama ever since. Aristotle explains how the most effective tragedies rely on complication and resolution, recognition and reversals, while centring on chaaracerts of heroic stature, idealised yet true to life. One of the most perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history, the Poetics has informed serious thinking about drama ever since.
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Tags: Ancient Philosophy
| Specification | |
| Year | 29-02-2016 |
| Translator | from Ancient Greek: Georgi Gochev |
| Pages | 116 |
| Size | 140/215 мм |
| Weight | 0.12 kg |
| Collection | Колекция "Извори" |
| Cover Type | Paperback |
| Genre | Ancient Philosophy |
