Poetika by Aristotle
This treatise analyzes the nature and purpose of poetry and drama, arguing that poetic art is imitation (mimesis) that represents universal truths through structured plot, character, and diction; it prioritizes a well-constructed plot as the soul of tragedy, introduces concepts such as hamartia (error), peripeteia (reversal), anagnorisis (recognition) and catharsis (the purging of emotions), and contrasts tragic drama with epic while discussing meter, style, and principles of unity and artistic construction to achieve emotional and moral effects.
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- Published
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- Nationality
- Greek
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 48-80
- Original Language
- Ancient greek
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- On Poetics
- Peri Poietikes
- The Poetics
- Περὶ ποιητικῆς
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