Tragedy and Tragic Theory: An Analytical GuideComprehending tragedy has been a major philosophical and critical preoccupation in Western thought. Whether concerned with the generic problem of definition or with tragedy in the context of specific writers or periods, books with multiple and often conflicting perspectives abound. In an effort to bring order to the explanations over two millennia, Tragedy and Tragic Theory lucidly analyzes the principal ideas about tragedy from Plato to the present. |
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... explanations for ways in which tragedy synthesizes these antithetical artistic impulses : ( 1 ) the actor as role - player , ( 2 ) the artist as illusionist , ( 3 ) the tragic hero as a surrogate Dionysus and ( 4 ) as a scapegoat , ( 5 ) ...
... explanations of the tragic paradox . * These categories overlap and employ a wide assortment of terms to describe the attraction / repulsion response , but all share the basic idea that a beneficial response results from an otherwise ...
... explanation of the self - gratification provided by tragedy . The titanic drama of Marlowe , the Sturm und Drang plays ... explanations is rarely clear in practice . Many theorists contend that emotional benefits result from perceptions ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
The Circle of Inquiry | 105 |
The Scope of Tragedy | 133 |
Copyright | |
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