In Aristotle's concept, tragedy is catharsis of emotions such as pity and fear but word "catharsis" has nowhere been defined in "Poetics"....
Aristotle's concept of imitation redefined word "imitation". He answered Plato that "imitation" is creative process and not just procedure of copying....
Chapter XIII of Aristotle's “Poetics” gives his views on ideal tragic hero: Mixture of good and bad, noble by birth, sufferings due to hamartia, ...
Tragedy is being written and performedsince Greeks but its taste has not been changed so far. It is as famous today as it was among Romansand Greeks. ...
Aristotle was the first who define tragedy. Conventional tragedy is not acceptable in Brecht and Raymond Williams views, therefore, it is rejected....
Tragedy has been discussed, refined and renewed throughout the ages. Greeks were well aware with the fact that tragic incidents are part and par...
T. S. Eliotemphasizes on the importance of tradition in his essay “Tradition and Individual Talent”. He is of the view that we should ne...
Plato attacked on poetry in his book Republic X whereas Aristotle defended it and refuted all the charges in his book Poetics....
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