Greek philosopher aristotle powerpoint slide

Title: Aristotle


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Aristotles Aesthetics (382-322 BC)

• Welcome to Aristotle!
• Western thoughts
• first structural
• textual critic of
• the Fine Arts!

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Aristotles Aesthetics (382-322 BC)All men by
nature to desire to know.the human race lives
also by art and reasonings Metaphysics 11.

• Aristotle produced the first
• extended study of an art form.

• The Poetics is the primary
• resource for Aristotles view
• of art.
• Poetics is a reply to Platos
• condemnation of Poetry.

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Introduction

• In terms of literary analysis, in the
• Poetics, Aristotle moves back
• Forth between criticism and theory.

  Greek philosopher aristotle powerpoint slide

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• Greek philosopher
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• He wrote Poetics in our after 334.
• We only have Book I Book II on
• comedy is lost.

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Introduction

• The Poetics can be somewhat perplexing.
  Therefore, it is helpful to keeping in mind the
  following guiding questions
• What is poetry?

  Aristotle philosophy

• What kind of poetry is tragedy?
• What are tragedys essential elements?

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