The Poetics of Aristotle - Aristotle

The Poetics of Aristotle

By Aristotle

  • Release Date: 2022-01-17
  • Genre: Poetry

Description

is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. This has been the traditional view for centuries. However, recent work is now challenging whether Aristotle focuses on literary theory per se (given that not one poem exists in the treatise) or whether he focuses instead on dramatic musical theory that only has language as one of the elements.