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The Victorian Web: An Overview

The Victorian Web: An Overview

Connexion | Tumblr English Literature: Aristotle’s view about Hamartia, Anagnorisis, Peripeteia and Catharsis according to Poetics Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy: According to Aristotle Tragedy could be defined as: “A tragedy, then, is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in language with pleasurable acces­sories, each kind brought in separately in the parts of the work; in a dramatic, not in a narrative form; with in­cidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.” Following are some important terms explained by Aristotle relating tragedy in his Poetics. Hamartia: Aristotle discusses hamartia in Poetics not as an aspect of character but rather as an incident in the plot. Hamartia can be further explained as the fall of a noble man caused by some excess or mistake in behavior, not because of a willful violation of the gods' laws. Hamartia, in most ancient tragedies, causes the protagonist, or main character, to break a divine or moral law, which leads to disastrous consequences. Examples: Anagnorisis: Peripeteia: Examples:

Pepys' Diary Preko ramena onlajn časopis The SCETI Collections The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection The Schoenberg Collection includes three separate on line sites: - A private library of manuscripts focusing on the late Medieval and early Renaissance periods. - An on line catalog of the Schoenberg manuscript colleciton. - A searchable database that includes catalog descriptions of almost 100,000 early manuscripts written prior to 1600. Schoenberg Collection home page Schoenberg Manuscripts in the Penn in Hand Collection The Edgar Fahs Smith Collection of Chemistry and Science Edgar Fahs Smith (1854-1928) was a professor of chemistry and a provost of the University of Pennsylvania. The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection is devoted to the history of chemistry, emphasizing the periods prior to 1850. Smith Collection home page The Furness Collection of English Renaissance Literature and History The Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library at Penn was begun by Horace Howard Furness, Sr. and continued by Howard Furness, Jr. Furness Collection home page

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