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“Tragedy,” says Aristotle, “is an imitation [mimēsis] of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude…through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation [catharsis] of these emotions.” Ambiguous means may be employed, Aristotle maintains in contrast to Plato, to a virtuous and purifying end.
gain from tragedy – of psychology, ethics, freedom or immortality. The author engages critically with these and other philosophers, and concludes by suggesting answers to the questions of what it is that constitutes tragedy, and what it is that constitutes tragedy ‘in its high-est vocation’.
Tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. By extension the term may be applied to other literary works, such as the novel.
23 lip 2018 · The word ‘tragedy’ in common usage today means little more than a sad or unnecessarily unpleasant event: a motorway crash in which several people died is described as a ‘tragedy’ in the newspapers; a promising career cut short by cheating is described as ‘tragic’.
1 paź 2015 · And by reconstructing a lost conception of tragedy both ancient and modern, it illuminates the hidden assumptions and peculiar blind-spots of the idealist critical tradition that runs from Schelling, Schlegel, and Hegel, through Wagner, Nietzsche, and Freud, up to modern post-structuralism.
30 maj 1996 · This challenging volume of thirty new essays has an exceptional range - from Aeschylus to Sean O'Casey, from Aristotle to Rene Girard - but also a consistent focus on the ultimate question: how best to define or understand Greek tragedy in particular and tragedy in general.
Tragedy in drama refers to a genre of storytelling that typically involves the downfall or suffering of the protagonist, often due to their own flaws or external circumstances. It is characterized by a sense of inevitability and a cathartic emotional experience for the audience.
