Aristotle 2

-    kinds of poetry are distinguished on the basis of: medium of imitation, object of imitation and modę of imitation,

-    mimesis as the natural human faculty, expressed in a wide rangę of arts,

-    poetry provides knowledge by illuminating the naturę of the world,

-    the form of poetry yields aesthetic satisfaction,

-    poetry gives vent to passions; it excites pity and fear; catharsis.

.    ~ i i l nA ■'i/i o U-    ^

IV. The definition and elements of tragedy:

'l~’lf'to f~ o(s!K ^

. . . imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain ¹ magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions”,

-    objects: plot, character, thought,

-    media: diction, song,

-    modę: spectacle.

V. Components of the complex plot:

-    peripeteia - reversal/ change of fortunę for the hero,

4

-    anagnorisis - recognition/ realisation,

-    pathos - suffering.

TERMS:

ANAGNORISIS

PATHOS

HAMARTIA

GENRE

PERIPATETICS MIMESIS CATHARSIS PERIPETEIA