Notes on Aristotle's Poetics
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English [1]
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Literature [2]
Narratology [3]
Plot [4]
Poetics [6]
tragedy [7]
Peripeteia [8]
Hamartia [9]
Catharsis [10]
aristotle [11]
Playwright [12]
tragic hero [13]
entertainment [14]
Erika Yoshii Gotterson 2A 9/20/2012 Reaction Paper 6- Notes on Aristotle Aristotle and Greek Tragedy Tragedy- ?goat song?- exists as an attempt to answer essential questions about life At first, some tragedy was based off of events that occurred not too long ago Poetics by Aristotle Prologue- introduces setting and major action Parodos- brings chorus in Body- alternates between main actors and chorus Exodus- concludes the play, all members leave Plays written in verse, although styles varied Actors used rhesis (persuasive speech), monody (musical solo), agon (formal debate), stychomythia (rapid exchange of dialogue), the formal elements of tragedy The works of only 4 playwrights survived