Reading List
1.0 Objectives
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Relevance of Classical Criticism
1.3 Plato’s Theory of Mimesis and Aristotle’s Defence
1.3.1 Aristotle's Reply to Plato's Objection
1.3.2 Aristotle's Objection to the Theory of Mimesis
1.4 Aristotle’s Concept of Tragedy
1.4.1 The Definition of Tragedy
1.4.2 Six Formative Elements of Tragedy
1.4.3 Plot and Character
1.4.4 The Tragic Hero
1.5.1 Unity of Action
1.5.2 Unity of Time
1.5.3 Unity of Place
1.6.1 Why Aristotle had adopted this theory
1.6.2 The Meaning of Catharsis
1.6.3 The Relevance of the Theory of Catharsis in the Present Scenario
1.7 Let us Sum up
1.9 Reading List
Webliography:
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/literary-criticism
http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/34495/Aristotelian-criticism
http://www.jstor.org/pss/4332958
Butcher, S.H.. "Aristotle's Poetics: New Translation." 2006-08-05.http://www.leeds.ac.uk/classics/resources/poetics/poettran.htm
"'Hermeneutics of Metaphor'." 2006-08-14. http://www.actus.org/metaphor.html
"Aristotle's Poetcs: Summary Notes." 2006-08-15.http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~dgriggs/instructional_activities/Fast_Dirty_Introductions/Aristotle's_Poetics.htm
Books:
Abrams, M.H. Geoffrey Harpham. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Delhi: Akash Press, 2007.
Aristotle. Poetics. Trans. S.H.Butcher. New York: Courier Dover Publications, 1997.
Aristotle. Poetics. Trans.Samuel H. Butcher. Theory of Poetry and Fine Art. New York: Courier Dover Publications, 1951.
Atkins, J.W.H. English Literary Criticism: 17th and 18th Centuries. Massachusetts: Methuen, 1966.
Daiches, David. Critical Approaches to Literature. London: Prentice-Hall, 1956.
Daiches, David. English Literature. California: University of California Press, 1968.
Daiches, David. The Penguin Companion of English Literature. London: McGraw-Hill, 1971.
Dixon, W. Macneile. Tragedy. London: Edward Arnold, 1938.
Durham, W.H. Critical Essays of the Eighteenth Century. UK: Russell & Russell, 1961.
Else, Gerard.. Aristotle's Poetics: The Argument. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957.
Habib, M.A.R. Modern Literary Theory and Criticism. Wiley-Blackwell. 2008
Habib, M.A.R. A History of Literary Criticism and Theory: From Plato to the Present. Wiley-Blackwell. 2005
Lucas, F.L. Tragedy: Serious Drama in Relation to Aristotle’s ‘Poetics’. New York: Vintage, 1928.
Plato. Republic. Critical Theory Since Plato, Revised Edition. Ed. Hazard Adams. Orlando, Fla: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1992.
Scott-James, R.A. Personality in Literature. London: Xinware Corporation, 2007.
Wellek, Rene. Stephen G. Nicholas. Concepts of Criticism. Connecticut: Yale University, 1963.
Werner, Jaeger. Aristotle, 2nd ed.. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1948.
Wimsatt, WK, Jr., and Cleanth Brooks. Literary Criticism: A Short History. New York: Knopf, 1957.
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