Tragic Theory in the Critical Works of Thomas Rymer, John Dennis, and John DrydenFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1975 - 143 páginas Clarifies the connection between these critics' theories and sections of the Poetics dealing with Aristotle's definition of poetry as imitation, his remarks on dramatic necessity, probability, and unity, and his comments on characterization and catharsis. |
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... characters must demonstrate heightening and selec- tivity , yet render them lifelike and appealing . All characters , including invented ones , should resemble the nature of human beings in general . They must be probable : what a ...
... characters must demonstrate heightening and selec- tivity , yet render them lifelike and appealing . All characters , including invented ones , should resemble the nature of human beings in general . They must be probable : what a ...
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... characters must conform to " general probability " ( p . 24 ) . A " wise " audience will be interested in the rational development of plot and character , and will reject any unnecessary display of crude human passion or violence . Some ...
... characters must conform to " general probability " ( p . 24 ) . A " wise " audience will be interested in the rational development of plot and character , and will reject any unnecessary display of crude human passion or violence . Some ...
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... character . The speeches of characters , according to Aristotle , may reflect either the ethical or intellectual aspect of the characters . Certainly the speeches of the characters in Othello reflect very fully the moral attitudes of the ...
... character . The speeches of characters , according to Aristotle , may reflect either the ethical or intellectual aspect of the characters . Certainly the speeches of the characters in Othello reflect very fully the moral attitudes of the ...
Índice
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Context of Seventeenth and Early | 13 |
Conclusion | 129 |
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Tragic Theory in the Critical Works of Thomas Rymer, John Dennis, and John ... Joan C. Grace Visualização de excertos - 1975 |
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according to Aristotle according to Dennis action ancients Answer to Rymer Aristotelian Aristotle aroused audience Ben Jonson catharsis characters in tragedy chorus common sense concept critical theory Dacier decorum Dennis believes Dennis's Desdemona dialogue Dramatic Poesy dramatist Dryden's criticism effect of tragedy Elizabethan emotional English enthusiastic passions epic Essay of Dramatic Euripides expression fable French formalists genius Greek tragedy Grounds of Criticism hamartia heroic Horace Horace's human Iago ideal imagination imitate nature imitation of nature interpretation John Dennis John Dryden Jonson judgment Last Age Lisideius means method modern moral utility Neander neoclassical neoclassicism Othello pity and fear play pleasure plot PMLA poet poetic justice principles probability psychological Rapin rational rationalistic realized reason reflects Renaissance rhyme rules says Dennis says Dryden says Rymer seventeenth century Shakespeare Short View Sophocles standards T.S. Eliot Theory of Tragedy Thomas Rymer thought tion tradition tragic hero tragic theory University Press verisimilitude View of Tragedy
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