His analysis of tragedy constitutes the core of the discussion. In examining its "first principles," Aristotle finds two:Ģ) genres and other concepts by which that of truth is applied/revealed in the poesis. Difference in how the narrative is presented: telling a story or acting it out.Difference of goodness in the characters. Differences in music rhythm, harmony, meter and melody.They are similar in the fact that they are all imitations but different in the three ways that Aristotle describes: In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls "poetry" (a term which in Greek literally means "making" and in this context includes drama-comedy, tragedy, and the satyr play-as well as lyric poetry and epic poetry). 335 BCE, is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory.
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