Poetics

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ancient Greek text literary theory work philosophical treatise

Poetics is Aristotle’s foundational treatise on literary theory and drama, especially tragedy, that analyzes the principles of plot, character, and artistic imitation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Poetics canonical	6
Aristotelian catharsis	2
Aristotelian poetics	2
Aristotle's Poetics	1
Poetics by Aristotle	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek text ⓘ literary theory work ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ
analyzes	components of plot ⓘ role of character in drama ⓘ role of diction in poetry ⓘ role of melody in tragedy ⓘ role of spectacle in tragedy ⓘ role of thought in tragedy ⓘ structure of tragedy ⓘ
argues	poetry is more philosophical than history ⓘ
author	Aristotle ⓘ
centralConcept	catharsis of pity and fear ⓘ imitation of action ⓘ
classifies	complex plots ⓘ simple plots ⓘ
comparesWith	epic poetry ⓘ
defines	epic poetry ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
discusses	six parts of tragedy ⓘ
emphasizes	coherent causal structure in drama ⓘ probability and necessity in plot ⓘ
focusesOn	anagnorisis ⓘ catharsis ⓘ character ⓘ hamartia ⓘ mimesis ⓘ peripeteia ⓘ plot ⓘ poetic imitation ⓘ tragic hero ⓘ unity of action ⓘ
genre	aesthetics ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
hasTitleInGreek	Περὶ ποιητικῆς ⓘ
influenced	Renaissance literary theory ⓘ Western literary criticism ⓘ neoclassical drama ⓘ
lists	plot as most important element of tragedy ⓘ
lostSectionTopic	comedy ⓘ dithyrambic poetry ⓘ
mainSubject	drama ⓘ literary theory ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
originalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
partiallySurvivesAs	treatise on tragedy ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
timeOfComposition	4th century BCE ⓘ

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Description of subject: Poetics is Aristotle’s foundational treatise on literary theory and drama, especially tragedy, that analyzes the principles of plot, character, and artistic imitation.

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aristotle → notableWork → Poetics ⓘ

Rhetoric → relatedWork → Poetics ⓘ

Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" → citedBy → Poetics ⓘ

subject surface form: Oedipus Rex

this entity surface form: Poetics by Aristotle

Greek tragedy → describedInWork → Poetics ⓘ

Verfremdungseffekt → contrastsWith → Poetics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aristotelian catharsis

alienation effect → contrastsWith → Poetics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aristotelian catharsis

Ancient Greek literary criticism → hasNotableWork → Poetics ⓘ

Aristotle's writings → containsWork → Poetics ⓘ

Hamburgische Dramaturgie → influencedBy → Poetics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aristotle's Poetics

Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen → influencedBy → Poetics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aristotelian poetics

Critische Dichtkunst → theoreticalBasis → Poetics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aristotelian poetics

Classical Greek literature → majorWork → Poetics ⓘ