TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Literary criticism - Lecture 5: Aristotle’s poetics

The contents of this chapter include all of the following: Aristotle’s purpose to approach poetry from a scientific viewpoint, first he lists different kinds of poetry poetry, tragedy, comedy, dithyrambic, flute-playing, lyre-playing, all kinds of poetry are mimetic but there are differences in them. | ARISTOTLE’S POETICS CHAPTER 1-3 Aristotle’s purpose to approach poetry from a scientific viewpoint. First he lists different kinds of poetry -Poetry, -tragedy. -Comedy. -Dithyrambic. -Flute-playing. -Lyre-playing. All kinds of poetry are mimetic but there are differences in them. FIRST DISTINCTION The mean they employ. Rhythm language & harmony. Poetry is essentially mimetic. SECOND DISTINCTION Objects that are imitated. Action is represented with agents. In tragedy and epic poetry these agents are better than us. In comedy they are worse than us. FINAL DISTINCTION Manner of representation. Direct narrative / through characters. CHAPTER 1-3 ANALYSIS The very first paragraph of Poetics give us a hint that this work is descriptive rather perspective. The same method he uses for describing natural phenomenon. CHAPTER 1-3 ANALYSIS The question arises whether this can be done or not. This can be true for natural laws and Aristotle approaches poetry with the assumption that the growth and .

• Ngôn ngữ học
• Literary Theory
• Literary criticism
• Lecture Literary criticism
• Literary work criticism
• The art of judging
• Aristotle’s poetics
• Wordsworth’s theory of poetry
• Theory of poetic diction
• Theory of Poetry
• Purposes of literaly criticism
• Peloponessian war
• Plato’s argument against poetry
• Quantitative elements of tragedy
• Samuel johnshon
• Paradise lost
• Epic poetry
• Paradise regained
• Samuel Johnson
• Classical criticism
• The lyrical ballade
• Biographia literaria