Aristoteles, ›Poetik‹
Aristotle''s Poetics is perhaps the most important ancient text on literary theory; he develops and justifies the term ''poetry'' for the first time, defines tragedy and epic in particular as genres and provides criteria for assessing the quality of poetry.
The text of the Poetics has been intensively analysed and interpreted since the beginning of modern philology: Considerable progress has be...
Aristotle''s Poetics is perhaps the most important ancient text on literary theory; he develops and justifies the term ''poetry'' for the first time, defines tragedy and epic in particular as genres and provides criteria for assessing the quality of poetry.
The text of the Poetics has been intensively analysed and interpreted since the beginning of modern philology: Considerable progress has be...