ENGLISH 3Q03 Lecture Notes - Greek Tragedy, Sophocles, Dialectic
20 Nov 2012
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Aristotle 4th century, pupil of plato for 20 years. Poetics: legibly see aristotle in critical dialogue with teacher/mentor. Written in his older age, date unknown. Appears to have had little/no impact on its own age (odd) Paradox: many centuries later, at start of renaissance text had enormous impact had remained in obscurity since aristotle"s death, brought up again in 15th century italy. Interest in the nature of things (marine biologist by trade) Poetics least elegant of all his works, a set of lecture notes. Obscure, inconsistent some paragraphs don"t make sense or align with others in the text. Still has impact on how mimeses are created, plots developed, things that matter and don"t with mimeses. Differs from plato not dialectic or each phrase building in stages. Poetry (esp. tragic poetry) not aristotle"s biggest concern. More interested in questions of ethics, law, science, government.
