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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... moral purpose , " showing what kinds of things a man chooses or avoids . " Speeches that entail no action or choice express no character but only a potential for character ( VI ) . The moral dimension that defines a person's essential ...
... moral sensibilities of the audience by knowingly choosing a wrong course of action . Aristotle preferred the fourth category , " which conforms more to modern ideas of melodrama . Here the ignorance of the protagonist avoids moral shock ...
... moral irrelevance by returning to Horace's concept of utile dulce , or “ delightful instruction . " Sidney , for example , said that the end of poetry is " to teach and delight . " 21 Some disagreed whether the artist must first delight ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
The Circle of Inquiry | 105 |
The Scope of Tragedy | 133 |
Copyright | |
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