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Lecture Literary criticism - Lecture 6: Chapter 10-12

The contents of this chapter include all of the following: All plots move from beginning to end in probable or necessary sequence of events, a simple plot does so without peripeteia whereas a complex plot involves anyone or both, the best kind of peripeteia is followed by anagnorisis or vice versa, peripeteia & anagnorisis should be necessary or probable consequence of what came before so that they are part of plot. | CHAPTER 10-12 SIMPLE & COMPLEX PLOT All plots move from beginning to end in probable or necessary sequence of events. A simple plot does so without peripeteia whereas a complex plot involves anyone or both. The best kind of peripeteia is followed by Anagnorisis or vice versa. Peripeteia & Anagnorisis should be necessary or probable consequence of what came before so that they are part of plot. PERIPETEIA Reversal from one state of affair to the opposite. Some elements in the plot effect a reversal. ANAGNORISIS A change from ignorance to knowledge. It will bring happiness & love to those who learn of good fortune and hatred and misery to those who discover unhappy truths. Aristotle suggests that “anagnorisis” is possible by a number of other means as well. The two together will help to arouse pity and fear and will also help to show the play to its conclusion. SUFFERING In addition to peripeteia and anagnorisis.Aristotle defines a third part of the plot suffering as actions of . | CHAPTER 10-12 SIMPLE & COMPLEX PLOT All plots move from beginning to end in probable or necessary sequence of events. A simple plot does so without peripeteia whereas a complex plot involves anyone or both. The best kind of peripeteia is followed by Anagnorisis or vice versa. Peripeteia & Anagnorisis should be necessary or probable consequence of what came before so that they are part of plot. PERIPETEIA Reversal from one state of affair to the opposite. Some elements in the plot effect a reversal. ANAGNORISIS A change from ignorance to knowledge. It will bring happiness & love to those who learn of good fortune and hatred and misery to those who discover unhappy truths. Aristotle suggests that “anagnorisis” is possible by a number of other means as well. The two together will help to arouse pity and fear and will also help to show the play to its conclusion. SUFFERING In addition to peripeteia and anagnorisis.Aristotle defines a third part of the plot suffering as actions of destructive or painful nature,such as murders,torture and wounding. QUANTITATIVE ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY These are : Prologue. Episode. Exode. Choral portion involving parode and stasimone. In addition some tragedies have songs from the stage and a “commus”(a lamentation sung by both actor and chorus) Parode:is the first full statement of the chorus. Prologue:everything that preceed parode is prologue. Stasimon:A choral song sung in a certain meter,while action takes place between choral songs is Episode. Exode:everything that follows the last choral song is Exode. CHAPTER 13-14 BEST KINDS OF PLOTS Best plot would arouse pity and fear. Three kinds of plots should be avoided A good man going from happiness to misery. A bad man from misery to happiness. A bad man going from happiness and misery. We feel pity for undeserved misfortune and we feel fear of that person is something like ourselves. The best kind of plot involves the misfortune of someone who is neither good nor bad and the downfall is .