The Poetics Of Aristotle E-Book

Aristotle

• Herausgeber: David De Angelis
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Among the most influential books in Western civilization, Aristotle's Poetics is really a treatise on fine art. In it are mentioned not only epic and dithyrambic poetry, but tragedy, comedy, and flute and lyre playing. Aristotle's conception of tragedy, i.e. the depiction of a heroic action that arouses pity and fear in the spectators and brings about a catharsis of those emotions, has helped perpetuate the Greek ideal of drama to the present day. Similarly, his dictums concerning unity of time and place, the necessity for a play to have a beginning, middle, and end, the idea of the tragic flaw and other concepts have had enormous influence down through the ages.
Throughout the work, Aristotle reveals not only a great intellect analyzing the nature of poetry, music, and drama, but also a down-to-earth understanding of the practical problems facing the poet and playwright. Now, in this inexpensive edition of the Poetics, readers can enjoy the seminal insights of one of the greatest minds in human history as he sets about laying the foundations of critical thought about the arts.

Leseprobe

THE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE

A TRANSLATION

BY

S. H. BUTCHER

Poetics Of Aristotle Translated By S. H. Butcher. This web edition published by Global Grey 2012.

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[Transcriber’s Annotations and Conventions: the translator left intact some Greek words to illustrate a specific point of the original discourse. In this transcription, in order to retain the accuracy of this text, those words are rendered by spelling out each Greek letter individually, such as {alpha beta gamma delta …}. The reader can distinguish these words by the enclosing braces {}. Where multiple words occur together, they are separated by the “/” symbol for clarity. Readers who do not speak or read the Greek language will usually neither gain nor lose understanding by skipping over these passages. Those who understand Greek, however, may gain a deeper insight to the original meaning and distinctions expressed by Aristotle.]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I ‘IMITATION’ THE COMMON PRINCIPLE OF THE ARTS OF POETRY

II THE OBJECTS OF IMITATION

III THE MANNER OF IMITATION

IV THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF POETRY

V DEFINITION OF THE LUDICROUS, AND A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE RISE OF COMEDY

VI DEFINITION OF TRAGEDY

VII THE PLOT MUST BE A WHOLE

VIII THE PLOT MUST BE A UNITY

IX (PLOT CONTINUED.) DRAMATIC UNITY