Aristotle’s definition of tragedy

Name : Solanki Sardarsinh

Roll No : 29 Semester : 1 Year : 2013-14

Paper 3 : Literary Theory & Criticism

Submitted to: Smt. S.B.Gardi Department of English M.K. Bhav. University

Aristotle’s Ideas about Tragedy

Aristotle as a Philosopher

A Philosopher looks from ideal form and tries to explain the nature of reality

His analysis of tragic Dramas

His analysis of the ideal form of tragic plays became a guideline for later playwrights in civilization

Aristotle’s definition of tragedy

“A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language ;… in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.”

“the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself;”

“in appropriate and pleasurable language;”

“In a dramatic rather than narrative form;”

“with incidents arousing pity and fear,”

“wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.”

Catharsis : “A purifying of the emotions that is brought about in the audience of a tragic drama through the evocation of intense fear and pity.”

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