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PDF ARISTOTLES CATHARSIS : SOME THEORIES

According to I A Richards emotion of pity is an impulse to advance while fear is an impulse to withdraw In Tragedy these two impulses are harmonised such 

PDF Aristotles concept of catharsis

Aristotle writes that the function of tragedy is to arouse the emotions of pity and fear and to affect the Katharsis of these emotions Aristotle has used

PDF Catharsis in Aristotle`s Poetics

According to this doctrine catharsis means 'the clarification of the essential and universal significance of the events and situations' depicted in a tragedy

  • What does catharsis mean?

    : purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art. b. : a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension.
    2: elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression.

  • What is the theory of catharsis?

    A catharsis is an emotional release which is linked to a need to release unconscious conflicts.
    For example, rather than vent feelings inappropriately the individual may release these feelings through physical activity or another relieving activity.

  • What is catharsis in Aristotle's comedy?

    I adopt the model of Aristotelian catharsis proposed by Richard Janko and Stephen Halliwell and argue that Aristotle thought that comedy should elicit, and thus effect catharsis of, not only pleasurable emotions, such as the emotion associated with laughter, but also certain painful ones as well.

  • “Tragedy,” says Aristotle, “is an imitation [mimēsis] of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude…through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation [catharsis] of these emotions.” Ambiguous means may be employed, Aristotle maintains in contrast to Plato, to a virtuous and purifying end.

Aristotle describes catharsis as the purging of the emotions of pity and fear that are aroused in the viewer of a tragedy. Debate continues about what Aristotle actually means by catharsis, but the concept is linked to the positive social function of tragedy.
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