Poetics (Aristotle)
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Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest surviving work of Greek dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to solely focus on literary theory. In this text, Aristotle offers an account of
Arabic translation of the Poetics by Abū Bishr Mattā.
Hamartia
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The term hamartia derives from the Greek ἁμαρτία, from ἁμαρτάνειν hamartánein, which means "to miss the mark" or "to err". It is most often associated with Greek tragedy, although it is also used in C
Poetics (Aristotle)
…about this seminal work has aroused divergent opinions." A few scholarly debates on the Poetics have been most prominent: the meanings of catharsis and hamartia, the Classical unities, and whether Aristotle contradicts himself between chapters 13 and 14. Aristotle's works on aesthetics consist of the Poetics…
The title page of Aristotle's Poetics