I didn't know how shallow and naive I was until I read his book Poetics. Aristotle's remarks, from ancient times to the present, will play a guiding and correcting role in current life and actual creation.
Poetics as a whole can be divided into the following parts:
The first chapter to the fifth chapter is the preface, the sixth chapter to the twenty-second chapter is the definition of tragedy, the twenty-third chapter to the twenty-fourth chapter is epic, the twenty-fifth chapter is accusation, and the twenty-sixth chapter is the comparison between epic and tragedy.
I choose the excerpt from the second part to share my thinking process with you:
Comedy is an imitation of the bad guys. However, bad doesn't mean all evil, but ugly, and one of them is funny. The funny thing is something that doesn't cause pain or Shanghai's mistakes or ugliness. Ready-made examples, such as funny masks, are ugly and strange, but they don't make people feel pain.
Just like being born ugly, ugly personality is ridiculous. He is ugly, but he makes the audience laugh.
This part is about tragedy, which, in my opinion, is also the core of this book. He defined tragedy, analyzed its components, and discussed the plot and character, tragic writing, vocabulary and style. I am a creative person, so I will be very excited to see these. I didn't think so carefully about tragedy before, but I just learned a series of requirements such as six elements of the novel, beautiful language, prominent characters and so on, but I didn't know until I acted, but it was just empty talk. I know what I want to achieve, but no one tells me what to do.
In my opinion, the definition of tragedy is that it can make people move and think, and it is heroic. The composition of tragedy includes characters, plots, language and structure. The plot and characters complement each other. Tragedy writing can be written in a contrasting way with profound style.
I want to know how tragedy is formed through reading, and what knowledge does he need to implement it? How can I write a plot that is deeply rooted in people's hearts? How to arrange the structure? How to train a language? If I want to conceive a tragedy now, where should I start?
In short, you should talk to Aristotle with your previous knowledge and current problems, otherwise it will be easy to read.
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