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Arts & Humanities > Classical Lit & Mythology Uncovering Aristotle's critique of the Greek epic in The Poetics: 1 of 1

Aristotle wasn't a cynic. He was a realist. This is how he looked at Greek tragedy, during the height of its popularity: Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper catharsis of these emotions. He was advocating the modern day method acting principle. If we used Aristotle as a model for all contemporary acting lessons, we would only ...
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