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Analysis Of Aristotle’s Tragedy Theory And Realist Spirit

Posted on:2021-02-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330620965624Subject:Literature and art
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Tragedy is one of the most fascinating art forms in the creation of human culture.As a tragedy in the aesthetic category,it is known as the "highest stage and crown" of art,Those classic tragedy creations often have moving beauty and eternal artistic value.As early as more than 2,000 years ago,Aristotle,the founder of Western aesthetic thought,combined his practical experience with the ancient Greek tragic art in his "Poetics" to sublime the tragedy theoretically and concluded a system.The complete theory of tragedy has laid the foundation of the tragic outlook in the history of aesthetics and has an inestimable effect on the current tragic research.Since the publication of the Latin translation of Poetics in 1498,it has aroused a wave of research among scholars from various countries,commenting and commenting on it.Scholars’ research on Poetics is mainly divided into two directions: The Book of Poetics is translated,researched,and commented.The second is to focus on the study of the tragic theory of The Book of Poetry.They systematically excavate and interpret its tragic theory,and study the position of Aristotle’s tragic theory in the history of drama development.A gratifying achievement.Based on the research results of previous generations and combining the role of Aristotle’s tragic theory in the generation of tragic aesthetics,this article interprets the tragic theory in Poetics in a new and in-depth way,and examines Aris from a current perspective Dodd’s theory of tragedy,and explores the realist spirit contained in it,in order to better understand the art of tragedy,and play a guiding role of realist spirit in contemporary art tragedy,and play a guiding role of realist spirit in contemporary art creation and criticism.This thesis consists of five parts.The first part of the introduction first summarizes the current status of domestic and international research on the tragic theory in Aristotle’s Poetics;secondly,it expounds the research purpose and significance of this paper and illustrates the research value of this paper;in addition,the research methods and ideas of this paper are expounded.The second chapter discusses Aristotle’s Poetics from the aspect of the generation and construction of tragedy aesthetics.The first section starts from the birth of tragedy and thetragic consciousness,and studies the generation of human tragic consciousness.The generation and development of human beings is a tragic process.It is also in this process that human tragic consciousness is constantly Awakening and sublimation,the ancient Greek tragedy contains a deep sense of life,reflecting the primitive conflict and early confusion of human life;the second section mainly explores the origin of Aristotle’s tragedy theory,that is,the tragedy of Aristophanes and Plato The inheritance and development of aesthetics;The third section discusses the integration of Aristotle on the basis of inheriting his predecessors,and systematically summarizes the "features" that existed in the excellent tragedy art of the classical era.The third chapter discusses the essence of Aristotle’s tragic theory,and specifically explains the tragedy terms in Poetics.The first section analyzes the theoretical basis of Aristotle’s tragedy-imitation.Aristotle pointed out that the essence of art is imitation,tragedy is imitation,the medium of imitation is language,the method of imitation is imitation action,and the effect is Arouse pleasure;the second section explores the central theory of the plot and discusses it from three aspects: plot selection,structural layout and artistic skills;the third section analyzes the cause of tragedy—the fault theory,and explores the value and limitations of the fault theory;the fourth Section discusses the purpose and function of tragedy,which is the "purification theory".Tragedy purifies emotions by arousing compassion and fear.The fourth chapter discusses the simple realistic spirit and influence contained in Aristotle’s tragedy theory based on the first two chapters.The first section discusses the "realism" spirit contained in Aristotle’s tragedy theory;the second section discusses the evolution of realism in the West;the third section discusses the development of realism in the Chinese context,and in network literature The form explores the contemporary value of realist theory and explores its role in the practice of contemporary literary creation.The last part is the conclusion,which is the summary and sublimation of this thesis.Although Aristotle’s tragic theory was formed more than two thousand years ago,it is not a literary theory that was popular in one place and one.A classic of time and place.The tragedy spirit and realistic literary spirit conveyed by him still have practical significance at present.
Keywords/Search Tags:Aristotle, Poetics, tragedy theory, realist spirit
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