The book "Poetry" is the first surviving work of Greek dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise that focuses on literary theory. In this text, Aristotle gives a description of the poet that refers to poetry and literally ...
The book "Poetry" is the first surviving work of Greek dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise that focuses on literary theory. In this text, Aristotle gives a description of the poet that refers to poetry and literally "poetic art", derived from the term "poet, writer, maker". Aristotle divides the art of poetry into verse drama (including comedy, tragedy, and satirical play), sonnet, and epic. All genres function to imitate life, but they differ in three ways that Aristotle describes:
Differences in musical rhythm, harmony, meter, and melody.
Moral difference in characters.
The difference in how the narrative is presented: telling a story or acting it out.
The surviving book of poetry mainly deals with drama and the analysis of tragedy forms the core of the discussion.
Aristotle's work on aesthetics includes poetry, politics, and rhetoric. This book was unknown in the Western world for a long time. This text was brought back to the West in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance only through the Latin translation of an Arabic version written by Averroes.
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