SOCI 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Peripeteia, Male Privilege, Hubris

• School: UBC
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 102
• Professor: Catherine Corrigall- Brown

Document Summary

According to john bolton, his film is a musical docu-drama . Selections from the poetics of aristotle: talks about tragedy in terms of a play yes**avaliable on the blog*, tragedy is an action that is serious, complete and of a certain magnitude . Certain magnitude = significant in some way, greater purpose: the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative . It is tragic bc it happens and someone doesn"t need to explain it: through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions . Also creates 2 forceful feelings = pit and fear. Allows the audience to purge those feeling sin catharsis: by language embellished," i mean language into which rhythem, harmony, and song enter . More interesting that john has chose a musical docu drama to tlel his tragic story.