ENGL 3045 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Death Drive
11 Apr 2016
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Chapter 4 in poetics this even happens with a corpse. Can have a good imitation of objects that are bad. Tragedy as a genre is but one kind of imitation. It is one where we learn and then we get pleasure from that. Aristotle is certainly the founder of discourse, but he didn"t author it. [beginning of chapter 6, page 63] definition of tragedy. Tragedy is the imitation of a noble and complete action. Spoudaios serious, worthy of our emulation (in this context) Trying to break down how?" what?" and why?" in terms of mimesis (tragic mimesis) What?": mimesis has to be spoudaios high and serious in content; proper magnitude, complete action. How?": in speech, pleasurably enhanced; in language, embellished, (which is why it sounds poetic not street language, elevated) Why?": effecting, through pity and fear, the catharsis; through pity and fear, effecting the purgation of these emotions.
