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Catharsis in Tragic Representation
Dissertation - Anglais - 10 pages - Format Microsoft Word
The reasons why to achieve catharsis or not in tragic representation are a debatable issue. The notion was defined by the fourth-century B.C. philosopher Aristotle as the necessary purpose and effect of tragedy. He defined that genre as “an imitation of an action […] in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions” (Poetics, Part VI). Such plays had a moral and religious goal. They released excess and taught wisdom for the audience to be ready to conform to the gods’ will. The model given by Greek tragedies was revived and modified in Europe during the Renaissance. In England, Shakespeare was considered the best tragedian. He wrote plays such as Othello (1604) and Antony and Cleopatra (1607). Tragedy evolved to gradually become a mode— it now overlaps various genres such as poetry or the novel. The form and the content of tragic representation have been adapted to the time, the audience and the purpose of the writer.
Plan du document :
Introduction
1. Définitions et dimensions de la catharsis
2. Comment la cartharsis peut-elle être amenée
3. Son statut dans la représentation tragique
Conclusion
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