ARISTOTLE & THE ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY Definition: I.

Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotle's Poetics The classic discussion of Greek tragedy is Aristotle' s Poetics. He defines trag edy as "the im itation o f an action that is serious and also as hav ing magnitude, complete in itself." He continu es, "Traged y is a form of drama exciting the emotions of p ity and fear. ................
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