This document defines and provides examples of several key literary terms: 1) It discusses poetics as the theoretical study of literary principles, imagination as the ability to form new images without perception, and catharsis as the concept of purgation through dramatic art. 2) Tragedy is defined as a dramatic presentation of serious action that follows the principles of unity, and examples of tragedies by Shakespeare and Marlowe are provided. 3) The plot is described as having an exposition, climax, and denouement.

1. Literary Terms
Name: Virani Nilam v.
Role No.:18
Sem.:3
Paper:E-C-103 Literary Criticism
Submitted to:
S.B.Gardi Department of English ,
S.M.K. Bhavnagar University

2. Literary Terms
 Poetics
 Imagination

Catharsis
 Tragedy
plot

3.  Poetics
• Principles of poetry or any piece of literature
• Theoretical Study of Principle
• Body of theory
•Poetical
E.g.
Aristotle’s Poetics

4. Imagination
•Ability of forming new images
• No perceived through sigh, but by vision
• Express through stories
• Imagination and Perception
E.g.
Daffodils

5.  Catharsis
• Concept of purgation
• Dramatic art
• Describe the effect of tragedy
• Intellectual clarification
E.g.
Othello

6. Tragedy
Dramatic presentation of serious action
• Shakespearean Tragedy
Violet three Unity
E.g.
Hamlet
• Marlowe’s Tragedy
Tragicomedy
E.g.
Dr. Faustus

7.  Plot
Climax
Exposition Denouement