This presentation is about the six parts of tragdy.which is given by Aristotle.

1. M.K.BHAVANAGAR UNIVERSITY
NAME-Pandya Mehal
PAPER-LITERARY CRITICISM
Roll No -19
Enrollment No :2069108420200029
TOPIC- ARISTOTAL SIX PART OF
TRAGEDY
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

2. Aristotle
Aristotle
* Greek philosopher
*Born -384 BC
* Died -322BC
*Student of Plato
* Poetics
* Definition of tragedy by Aristotle,
“The imitation of an action, serious,
complete and of a certain magnitude, in
a language beautifies in different parts
with different kinds of embellishment,
through action and not narration, and
through scenes of pity and fear bringing
about the ‘catharsis’ of these emotion.”

4. According to Aristotle..
“Plot is the soul of tragedy”
• Plot is the most important element among these six.
• Thre are two part of plot
• 1 simple plot
• 2complex plot
Simple plot have only a “change of fortune”.
Compelx plots have both “reversa of intention” and “recognition”
Aristotale said that “Without action there can not be tragedy;there may
be without character.” he gave important to plot than other part of tragedy.

5. Character are men and women who act.
The hero and the heroine are to important figures
among the characters.
Character comes in as subsidiary to the action.
They shoud be true representatives of actual human
nature.
In comedy, many character are important but in
tragedy , the Hero is important.

6. ►Thought is third in importance ,and is
found “where something is proved to be or
not to be,or a general maxime is
enunciated.”
aristotale says thought ,on the other hand
,is shown in all they sy when proving or
disproving some particular point or
enunciating some universal position.’

7. After thought diction is very important part in
tragedy.
It means “the expression of the meaning in
words”which are proper and appropriate to the
plot
Diction is the medium of language or
expression through which the characters reveal
their thoughts and feelings. The diction should
be ‘embellished with each kind of artistic

8. Song is the fifth one is very important in
tragedy.
Song or the Lyrical element is to be found in the
choric parts of a tragedy, it is the ‘embellishment’
spoken of earlier which distinguishes the tragedy
from the epic. The songs and dialogues sung out
loud would pin the attention of the spectators in
the vast Greek theater on the spectacle, spur their
imagination, sustain the illusion of reality and
move them to tears and transport.

9. SPECTACLE
It is one of the sources of the pleasures of tragedy.
The spectacle or the scenic effects have more to do with
stagecraft than with the writing of poetry, and hence
Aristotle is of the view that the dramatist must depend
for his effects on his own powers, rather than on
spectacle. Besides, the production of spectacular effects
depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on
that of the poet. There can be no worse enemy of the
art of the dramatist, than the theater manager, and
relince on the theatrical and the sensational has spoiled
many an excellent play.

10. Catharsis:-
The term ‘Catharsis’ is used only once in the course of Aristotle’s Poetics in
the fourth chapter. Yet there is hardly any other single term which has given rise to
so many different interpretations and controversies. The difficulty arises out of the
fact that Aristotle does not define or explain the term.. Perhaps, he did so in the
second book of the Poetics, which is lost. The term has been explained by critics in
the light of its use in Aristotle’s other works, such as his Politics and Ethics. It has
also been noted that the term ‘Catharsis’ has three meanings : it could mean
“purgation” or “purification”, or “clarification”. Critics have interpreted Aristotle’s
views in the light of each of these meanings—and it has not done much to ease the
difficulty. Only one thing has been agreed upon—that tragedy should arouse pity
and feat. But there is difference of opinion as to how the arousal of these emotions
lead to ‘tragic pleasure’.