Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Thinking Activity : plato's theory and Aristotle's theory

  This   is  thinking activity.  This task given by Dr.Dilip  Barad sir.  This five question  is related  to      plato's theory and Aristotle theory.   This both   give the  critical idea .Plato's  argument  difference  between  Aristotle's Argument.

Q:1

 How  far do you agree with Plato's objection to freedom of expression and artistic liberty enjoyed by creative writers?Name the  texts (novels ,plays,poems, movies, tv  soaps etc.  Which  can be rightfully objected and banned with reference to Plato's objection.)


Ans:  Yes I am  agree  with  Plato's objection. Some  writers   follow  to the Plato's objection and some writers   not follow  to the this rule.   Some books related to the love, some  social problems,  etc. In  during  this  time     full of  development   of  literature.   For  example  book like ' The  Namesake' what  is  the basic concept  of this book  . Character  always   struggle  for the identity. This book  related to the   difference   of  culture. And  what is the important  of identity   in  life ?  Plato questions   nature of  imitation  and  interpretation   same  like the  poem   some  poem  related to the love, nature. William  wordsworth 's poem 'Rainbow'   this poem is  related  to the nature.  Plato's  objection  is   philosophical.some  tv show  like 'pyar tune kya kiya' this  tv show  is related  to  the  love .but what is  the  give  this show? Means what  the  moral of this show?  Morality is the most  important   in the all life





Q:2  with   reference to  the literary  texts  you   have studied  during  B.A. programme.write   brief  note  on the   texts.Which  followed Aristotelian  literary   tradition.(I.e. his concept  of tragedy, catharsis,tragic  hero with  hamartia.)



Ans:          what is the meaning of  catharsis? Catharsis means ' the   process of expressing strong   feeling ,  for example   ,  through  plays  or  other artistic  activities, as a way  of getting  rid of   anger, reducing  suffering,etc.  For  example  'othello '  .  Othello's  anagnorisis in the   play  is also the moment  of  catharsis.  When  he  realizes that he   has  been wronged  and  that  he killed  his  innocent  wife  ,the  audience   may   feel  more  pity for  than  hatred of him.  Other  examples   include    'Macbeth' , '  Hamlet' , 'king Lear ' ,act.


        What is  the  tragedy? Tragedy  means  a very sad event  or situation  , especially  one  that   involes  death .a serious  play  that has a sad  ending  . For  example Shakespeare 'a King Lear ' is a  tragedy. Other examples  include   othello, macbeth .Time ,placeand action is the  most important  in the  tragedy.

     What is  the  hamartia? Hamartia  means  a fetal  flow  leading  to the downfall  of a tragic   hero  or heroine  .hamartia  is a  personal  error  in a  protagonist' personality. Which  brings  about  his tragic downfall  in a  tragedy.  This  defect in a hero's personality  is.also  known  as  a  'tragic  flow' Aristotle   word in his  poetics, where  is taken  as a mistake  or error  in judgement. For  example   othello's   play   in this   case othello's  Hamartia, or  internal    tragic   flaw  ,is  his extreme  jealousy.  It is this  jealousy  that enables  him  to be tricked  and allows  his  to create  his own  destruction.  Shakespeare   is great examples of Hamartia  . His  work  include   '  Hamlet'  this work  'a hamartia  is cowardice passivity.





Q:3    With  reference  to  the  literary  texts you have studied during b.a  programme.  Write brief  note    on the texts.  Which  did not follow  Aristotelian (  literary   tragedy , catharsis, tragic  hero with hamartia etc.)



Ans:   we  are    all know   plato's  objection   and  Aristotelian   view. But  some  writers  not follow  to the  this view.  For  example   William  Shakespeare  not  follow  to  the  rules. Why  rule and  regulation  is the  important  in the literature?  Some  writers  wrote  the  many book but    not  follow  to the   rules for example   like  chetan bhagat wrote  the  many  book  but  he  not  follow  rule. His  work  related  to the  love .  Love  subject   is the  most important  in   his work   and  public   like his  work.And  same  situation  to the poem   when   poet wrote the poetry   .and  come to the creativity. Creativity  is the most important  in the  literature. 






Q:4    Have   you  studied  any other  tragedies   during  B.A.  programme  ? In  those  tragedy? What was  their ' Hamartia' ?



Ans:      Yes    I  studied   Shakespeare's  tragedy, this   tragedy   nane ' othello'    For literary  tragedies  , it is that  conflict  that drives  the story.  If the conflict  is  outside  the  protagonist  ,then  it is an external  conflict  . In that case the tragedy  focuses on the  protagonist  battling  that external  force be, it another  character  ,war, acts of  Gods ,etc.  However   many times especially  in the  classics the conflict  is much more psychological  and  i what  is  called an internal  conflict.



  In literary     tragedies,   the protagonist   must  be very courageous  and noble ,so how then would   a  character   so inherently   good   have an internal  conflict  ? Aristotle,who originally  analyzed the classic Greek   dramas  came to  this  conclusion  . The  protagonist. Must have  some  short of     ' error  or  frailty'     which  brings  about  his own  adversity.    This  frailty   is   called   hamartia  of  internal tragic  flaw.

       It is this  flaw  wish leads   the     character    to  struggle  . Hamartia, however  is  only one  type  of  internal  conflict. Some characters  have  serious internal   conflicts,but they do not  lead  to their  own  downfall.  It  is  only  considered  hamartia  if that flaw  leads  to the  character 'a destruction.



Q: 5   Did  the' plot ' of  those tragedies  follow  necessary  rules and   regulations  proposed  by Aristotle   ?  ( like chain of  cause  and effect,principle of  probability and necessity, harmonious  arrangement of   incidents  complete  certain   magnitude  ,unity  of action etc.)
                                                                               

Ans:  Aristotle  said that 'plot   is  soul  of tragedy'. Plot  is  most important   in  the  literature.   Aristotle   not  follow  to  the   Plato's  view.  Aristotle  argues that  among  the  six formative  elements  the plot  is the  most important  element.  He writes in 'The poetics.'  The plot  is  the   understanding   principle  of  tragedy. By plot  Aristotle means  the  arrangement of  incidents.  Incidents  means  action and   tradegy is  an imitation  of   actions   both internal  and external. That is to say that it also imitates    the  mental   processes  of the  dramatic   personal . In answering  a  question  once he said that  a tragedy  could  be   written    without  a character  but  not without  plot  .Through  his  overstatement  on plot.he concepts  that  without  action  there  cannot  be a tragedy.


  Aristotle   than thought  Which  deals  on a more universal   level with reasoning  and  general  truths, Diction ,melody/songs  and spectator  are all  pleasurable.

     

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