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Poetics

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Overview

• Oldest surviving workof dramatic theory

• Refers to manydifferent types of poetry

• Analyzes the principles

and elements of writing

• Aristotle’s response to

Plato’s The Republic

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Analysis of Writing

• Scientific approach tothe study of poetry

• Core elements

 – Form is moreimportant thanpurpose

 – Poetry as a mimesisof life

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Analysis of Tragedy

• Goal is to arousepity or fear inthe audience

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Divided into sixparts: – Plot – Character – Thought – Diction – Spectacle – Song

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More on Plot

• Plot is the mostimportant part of the work

 – Events must be

orderly• Clear

beginning,middle, andend

 – Events mustserve a purposein theprogression of 

the novel–

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Comedy and Epics

• Get the least amount of analysis

• Comedy was lost

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Epic Poetry – Longer, more fantastic, greater scale

 – Views it as inferior to tragedy

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Influence

• Had the strongestinfluence during theRenaissance

 – Philosophers, writers,scientists, andlaypeople were allaffected

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Ideas were turned intorigid laws, especially fortragedy

• After about 1600, the

influence of Aristotelian:// . .

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Works Cited

Aristotle. Poetics. 335 BCE. The Internet Classics Archive. Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology. Web. 3 Feb. 2010.<http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.1.1

.html>."Aristotle Poetics." CriticaLink . University of 

Hawaii. Web. 3 Feb. 2010.<http://www.english.hawaii.edu/criticalink/aristotle/index.html>.

Grendler, Paul F., ed. "Aristotle andAristotelianism." Renaissance: AnEncyclopedia for Students. Vol. 1. New York:Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 33-35. GaleVirtual Reference Library . Web. 3 Feb. 2010.<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?

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Pictures Cited

•  Aristotle's Poetics. Photograph. University of Sydney Library. Web. 3 Feb. 2010.<http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/rare/medicine/aristotlepoetics.html>.

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Gears Turning. Photograph. Rediculously Extraordinary . Web. 3 Feb. 2010.<http://www.ridiculouslyextraordinary.com/enjoy-the-process/>.

• Plato and Aristotle. Photograph. University of 

Maryland. Web. 3 Feb. 2010.<http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~wkallfel/PHIL100Sp2006/Sects0203-4,0207%20%28Kallfelz%29/>.

• Sad Man. Photograph. Psychology Today . Web. 3Feb. 2010.<http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-