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        <title><![CDATA[In Poetics Aristotle seeks to explore what is poetry. And for Aristotle,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Poetics Aristotle seeks to explore what is poetry. And for Aristotle, poetry is first and foremost a "medium of imitation", by which he means poetry is a form of art that seeks to duplicate or replicate life. In fact, poetry evolved because of man's instinct to imitate and copy things. Poetry for Aristotle had a much wider remit that today, so it included tragedy, epic poetry and comedy to name a few.
Aristotle argued that poetry imitated...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the concept of imitation in Poetics by Aristotle?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the concept of imitation in Poetics by Aristotle?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aristotle was important to our understanding of fiction because he...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Aristotle was important to our understanding of fiction because he studied the effects of drama (read his Poetics). He felt that drama was helpful for the observer because of its cathartic nature. For example, if a person were to view a tragedy, the idea was that they would walk away with an understanding of why the hero or heroes were flawed.This experience would teach them not to make the same mistake or nurse the same flaws as the hero or...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aristotle's influence on fiction comes through several channels, but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Aristotle's influence on fiction comes through several channels, but primarily it comes from his &quot;Poetics.&quot; This first major work of literary criticism in the West still shapes our understanding of drama, and, to a lesser extent, all literary arts. His emphasis on catharsis as a major function of the arts has long shaped discussions of what fiction should be and do.Aristotle's definition of tragedy, which begins with &quot; an...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is Aristotle important to our understanding of fiction?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How is Aristotle important to our understanding of fiction?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[This distinction relates to Aristotle's evaluation of plots, and to his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This distinction relates to Aristotle's evaluation of plots, and to his points regarding unity. As he says, &quot; Of all plots and actions the episodic are the worst. I call a plot 'episodic' in which the episodes or acts succeed one another without probable or necessary sequence.&quot; The episodic plot would be possible; it might happen that these events would follow one another. However, they would not be &quot;probable or necessary,&quot;...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:44:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Aristotle's point in distinguishing between the possible and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Aristotle's point in distinguishing between the possible and probable? How does this distinction relate to other aspects of his discussion?]]></description>
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