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ARISTOTLE CRITIC OF THE CLASSIC AGE (TUTOR OF ALEXANDER) Prepared by Nirmala Varghese

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ARISTOTLE CRITIC OF THE CLASSIC AGE (TUTOR OF ALEXANDER) Prepared by Nirmala Varghese Assistant Professor Dept of English Christian College. POETICS discusses concepts like 1 Mimesis 2.Katharsis 3 Hamartia 4 Spoudaios. Mimesis ( Imitation)

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ARISTOTLE CRITIC OF THE CLASSIC AGE (TUTOR OF ALEXANDER) Prepared by Nirmala Varghese

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  1. ARISTOTLE CRITIC OF THE CLASSIC AGE (TUTOR OF ALEXANDER) Prepared by Nirmala Varghese Assistant Professor Dept of English Christian College

  2. POETICS discusses concepts like • 1 Mimesis • 2.Katharsis • 3 Hamartia 4 Spoudaios

  3. Mimesis ( Imitation) • Platonic view of art refuted by Aristotle For Plato, imitation implies mere copying and hence trivial and insignificant For Aristotle, imitation is creative and dynamic Poetic imitation ,for Aristotle is a imitation of inner human action

  4. Katharsis [ Purgation/ Purification of emotions ( pity and fear)in excess] • Meanings associated with katharsis • 1 Therapeutic • 2 Moral • 3. Structural • 4 Intellectual

  5. Hamartia ( Tragic flaw/ Error in Judgement) • The protagonist commits a moral error and for this, he receives his punishment • Eg. Shakespeare’s heroes( King Lear ) • Oedipus Rex

  6. Spoudaios( Noble Character) • Character determines moral choice/moral purpose • Tragedy imitates noble character

  7. Components of a tragedy • 1 Plot • 2 Character • 3 Thought • 4. Diction • 5. Spectacle • 6 Song

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