This is the continuation of previous post Aristotle's Poetics. This post is going to deal with the highlights of the chapters six to ten.
In chapter six, he talks about the Tragedy. Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. In the aspect of medium, means harmony. Song and diction are the another two aspects.
In tragedy, plot is an imitation of action; which means the arrangement of incidents. He also talks about the six parts of tragedy. They are Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle and Song. The most powerful elements in the tragedy is Peripeteia or Reversal of the situation and Recognition- parts of the plot.
The plot is the soul of tragedy he says. Character is the second place. The third order is Thought- art of rhetoric. The fourth place is Diction- choice of words. Then the spectacle is considered as least art of poetry (the stage machinist).
The seventh chapter talks about the principle of Tragedy.
"Tragedy is an imitation of an action....and whole, and of certain magnitude"
Here, the whole means a beginning, a middle and an end. He adds that the plot must have certain length and a length can be easily embraced by the memory.
The eighth chapter begins with discussion of unities. He says that unity of plot does not consist in the unity of the hero. The imitation is one when the object imitated is one, so the plot being an imitation of action, but one action.
So far, we've seen three chapters in this post. The Poetics post will be continued tomorrow.
In chapter six, he talks about the Tragedy. Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. In the aspect of medium, means harmony. Song and diction are the another two aspects.
In tragedy, plot is an imitation of action; which means the arrangement of incidents. He also talks about the six parts of tragedy. They are Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle and Song. The most powerful elements in the tragedy is Peripeteia or Reversal of the situation and Recognition- parts of the plot.
The plot is the soul of tragedy he says. Character is the second place. The third order is Thought- art of rhetoric. The fourth place is Diction- choice of words. Then the spectacle is considered as least art of poetry (the stage machinist).
The seventh chapter talks about the principle of Tragedy.
"Tragedy is an imitation of an action....and whole, and of certain magnitude"
Here, the whole means a beginning, a middle and an end. He adds that the plot must have certain length and a length can be easily embraced by the memory.
The eighth chapter begins with discussion of unities. He says that unity of plot does not consist in the unity of the hero. The imitation is one when the object imitated is one, so the plot being an imitation of action, but one action.
So far, we've seen three chapters in this post. The Poetics post will be continued tomorrow.
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