ARISTOTLE

literary criticism
PRESENTED BY:
COLINA XENIA
ALUTAYA NICOLE
DIGNADICE RYZEN
MANANGBAO FRECILYN
MATAVIA PATRICIA
ABELGAS MARK LESTER
ARISTOTLE`S LIFE
Aristotle is the most distinguished disciple of Plato in Athes. He
is known in his writings especially on Poetics & Rhetoric. He is
the former deals with the art of poetry and the latter with the art
of speaking. Plato lived from 384 B.C. to 322 B.C.
Aristotle`s view on god
Aristotle’s views on God. - Aristotle conceived of God as outside of
the world, as the final cause of all motion in Nature, as Prime Mover
and Unmoved Mover of the universe. He was the crowning objective
of all dynamic development in the cosmos from matter to form and
from potentiality to actuality.
 Greek conception of
Virtue
3. Greek conception of virtue. Or virtue theory reflects the
ancient assumption that humans have a fixed nature or an
essence, and the way we grow or develop is by sticking to that
nature. Aristotle described this in terms of what he called proper
functioning. Everything has a function, and a thing is good if it
fulfills its functions, and bad if it doesn't. For example, the
knife's function it to cut, so a dull knife is a bad knife because it
doesn't fulfill or do his function. As well as humans.
 Plato`s objection to poetry.
Poetry springs from the instincts of imitation and rhythm and
harmony. They are indulged in for the pleasure they give. Poetry
is pleasing both to the poet and the reader. Aristotle nowhere
states that the function of poetry is to teach, because he considers
teaching desirable, if it is incidental to the pleasure it gives.
the theory of mimesis
 Aristotle`s Definition of
tragedy.
• He explains that the actions should be complete which means that it must have a
proper beggining, middle, middle and end.

• Aristotle defines tragedy as "an imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of
a certain magnitude, in a language embellished in with each kind of artistic ornaments,
the several kinds being found in the separate part of the play, in the form of action, not
of narrative, through pity and fear affecting the proper purgation of these emotions".
 6 Formative Elements in Tragedy

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I. Origin - Aristotle view Tragedy as superior to epic because it has all the elements
that the epic has.

II.THE characteristic - aristotle means a tale of suffering exciting the emotion of pity
and fear. The action should be complete with beginning, middle, and end that arrange
sequentially. In tragedy, the tale is told with the help if characters as their speech and
action makes a tale. All is done by characters and meant to be acted as well as read.

III. the constituent parts - aristotle find six constituents parts in tragedy. The plot,
character, diction, thought, song, and spectacle.
IIV. simple and complex plot. - simple plot - there's no puzzling situation such as
peripeteia and anagnorisis. Peripeteia - "reversal of the situtaion" Anagnorisis -
"recognition" or "discovery"

V. Tragic hero - according to aristotle, tragic hero should be good but neither too bad
nor too perfect. A man whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depriving
but some error ot frailty
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Plot Characters
The arrangements of the incidents in the play determines men's qualities, but it is their own
logically and coherently. Considers as the chief action that they are happy or sad. It is by their
part of the tragedy. deeds that we know them
Short note on
Poetics
s the earliest surviving work of Greek dramatic theory
and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on
literary theory. a particular theory of poetry or
sometimes other literary forms
Catharsis
The most common interpretations of the
term are purgation and purification,
which are still widely used. The most
recent interpretation of the term catharsis
is “intellectual clarification.
Hamartia & Catharsis
Catharsis: Greek word-katharsis-meaning "purification" or
"cleansing" or "clarification") is the purification and purgation of
emotions through dramatic art. Catharsis was described by Aristotle
in The Poetics. It is the reason we go to scary movies, the reason we
are interested in tragedies including murder mysteries and crime
shows, is that we need to deal with these emotions.

hamartia: Greek word-hamartánein, which means "to miss the mark"

or "to err". It is most often associated with Greek tragedy, although it
is also used in Christian theology.
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