Music 3860A/B Lecture 6: Lecture 6- February 14
14 Feb 2017
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Eliezer"s faith throughout his experience in the concentration camp. Puritan depravity and the creativity of the self in the 17th century new england. Most basis religious experiences can only be articulated in creative, imaginative language. Two principles: original religious experience is pre-dogmatic or non-dogmatic, expressed in imaginative or creative language. When puritans write they write both imaginatively and non-dogmatic. Creativity and the principles of tragedy: aristotle says that the cause of tragedy is hamartia. A type of tragic protagonist who is better than people nowadays are. The protago(cid:374)ist"s fall (cid:894)re(cid:448)ersal(cid:895) is due (cid:374)ot to depravity, but a serious error, noble flaw. The tragedy due to a noble characters due to the hamartia is catharsis. Puritan religious experience and principles of tragedy: theme. Puritan american religious experience is based on a vision of hamartia that is different than aristotle"s. An alternative vision of hamartia as complete human depravity informs a.
