Poetics (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aristotle
- First Published: 1705
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Essays
- Subjects: Literature, Art or artists, Poetry or poets, Tragedy, Drama or dramatists, Comedy, Greece or Greek people
Critical Evaluation:
The significance of the Poetics cannot be overemphasized. In format, content, and methodology, Aristotle’s analysis of the literature of Greece is the origin of Western literary criticism. His examination of the components and aims of comedy, epic, and tragedy evolved into what is probably the first, and certainly the most influential, formalist analysis of literature in the Western tradition.
At the center of Aristotle’s analysis lies his explanation of the concept of mimesis, the process of representing reality in works of literature....
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