POETICS ARISTOTLE
A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. The story should never be made up of improbable incidents; there should be nothing of the sort in it.
― Aristotle;Poetics
Poetics by Aristotle is considered to be the first known work focusing on dramatic theory and literary theory. Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist in 350 BC. He is considered as one of Plato's best students in his academy.
Aristotle's Poetics seeks to discuss the different kinds of poetry, the structure of a good poem, and the division of a poem into its components.
Aristotle distinguishes between the genres of "poetry" in three ways: Matter, Subjects, and Method. He divided poetry into three main categories: comedic, tragic, and epic- all of which can be further separated into several sub-genres.
He defines poetry as the mimetic, or imitative, use of language, rhythm, and harmony, separately or in combination.
According to him, tragedy deals with serious, important, and virtuous people. Comedy, on the other hand, treats of less virtuous people and focuses on human "weaknesses and foibles".
Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
He also stated that epic is a lengthy narrative poem ordinarily concerning a serious subject, containing details of heroic deed and events significant to a culture or nation. He states that Epic poetry and Tragedy shares many of their elements and that all the elements of an Epic poem are found in Tragedy, but the elements of a Tragedy are not all found in the Epic poem.
Aristotle then names the six different parts of Tragedy, ranking them in order from most important to least as follows: (1) mythos or plot, (2) character, (3) thought, (4) diction, (5) melody, and (6) spectacle.;
Whether you are an aesthete or just someone who enjoys poetry, reading Aristotle's Poetics would surely make you appreciate poems more.
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