The existing 26 chapters are divided into six points, five points and three points. In Poetics, Aristotle expressed his views on art and tragedy, believing that the essence of art is imitation; Tragedy is an imitation of a serious, complete and long action. Poetics also has a deep influence on China people.
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Chapter structure
Six-part theory: Poetics consists of 26 chapters, which can be divided into six parts according to the content: The first part (chapter 65438 +0-3) mainly analyzes the objects of various artistic imitations and the media and methods used in imitation; The second part (Chapter 4-5) discusses the origin of poetry and the development of tragedy and comedy.
The third part (Chapter 6-22) discusses tragedy in detail, and holds that "tragedy is an imitation of a serious, complete and long-term action", with language as its medium and action as its way. Then, it analyzes its six components, including plot, character, words, thoughts, images and songs. Finally, the writing and style of tragedy are discussed.
The fourth part (Chapter 23-24) mainly discusses the plot, structure, classification and composition of epic. The fifth part (Chapter 25) discusses the standards, principles and methods of art criticism. The sixth part (Chapter 26) compares the levels of epic and tragedy.
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