Aristotle’s Teleology On Poetics

The article is written from the perspective of Aristotle’s thought of “teleology”,and will discuss three problems in literature: the independence of inner structure,self-consciousness and aesthetic pursuits, thus to reveal the sprout of literaryself-consciousness and its self-development.The first part is an introduction, to introduce the research status of Aristotle’sPoetics and the "teleology", the significance of this research, research ideas andconcepts at home and abroad in recent years.The second part is the first chapter of the paper, to discuss the independence ofliterary inherent structure under the "teleology". This chapter consists of two parts.The first part mainly elaborates the plot co-purpose of independence, and this sectionwill be divided into three aspects, they are the aim of integrity, time limit andcomplexity; The second part of this paper mainly discusses the purpose ofindependent personality. This part is subdivided into two aspects. On the one hand, itbuilds the characteristics of purpose, which is discussed respectively from their socialstatus, moral quality and negligence; On the other hand, it builds purpose of thecharacter principle, which is expanded respectively from the character better, to fit, tobe similar and to be consistent.The third part is the second chapter of the paper, to discuss the maturity ofliterary genre under "teleological". This chapter elaborates three sections from tragedy,comedy, the maturity of epic co-purpose, by introducing in turn that tragedy, comedy,epic has reached a quite skillful, comprehensive point in the era of Aristotle, whichhave been a recognized and accepted style by society at that time. And Aristotle madeclear the purpose of tragedy, comedy, epic. This all fully shows that the time hasconsciously literary genre.The forth part is the third chapter of the paper, to mainly discuss the "teleology"literary aesthetic consciousness under the "teleological". This chapter also consists oftwo small chapters. The first section discusses the tragedy of longing for theconstruction; The second section discusses the pursuit of aesthetic pleasureco-purpose. The ultimate goal of reading literature is to achieve a kind of aestheticexperience, to realize a kind of aesthetic pleasure. This part tries through the analysishow to build Aristotle’s tragic feelings to make people to how to get the experience ofaesthetic feeling, aesthetic pleasure. The fifth part is the conclusion of the paper, on the one hand, to review thecontent of this article; on the other hand, to have a thorough combing on Aristotle’spoetics "teleology", and to summarize and ascend it.