Aristotles Poetics We can see that in this text the author is talking about what does poetics represent

to Aristotle. First, it shows that Plato, who was Aristotles teacher, has a very different concept about poetics, he argues that poetry is representation of mere appearances and is thus misleading and morally suspect. Plato was against mimesis which is the imitation from the idea Gods give us, we can translate it into art, he said in the Republic that poets should be banished from the perfect society. Aristotle whose opinion is different from Platos viewed art as essentially representational this means art has to be showed to the people in order to cause feelings, this is the point of representing art for Aristotle. The word catharsis which is marked in the text is one of the most difficult concepts introduced in the poetics. If we talk about catharsis we have to talk about tragedy , tragedy has to cause a catharsis which is a purification formed by pity and fear, this should give the spectator a moral reflection and an emotional growing but not to take a lesson about it, like the text says, because this concept is still being debated. In the text it is said that what is experienced in such an excess of tragic suffering is something truly common. The spectators experience something called as pathos which is the empathizing with the feeling involved within the actors or the empathy with the situation. In the end, the author is trying to transmit to us that we dont have to lose the function and the work of art in its social context, maybe not to let the mimesis get lost and make us grow emotionally in order to reflect on it.

Name: Idoya Queralt Aldoma 1st Course of English Studies