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AristotlePoetics: the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory.

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Aristotle

 

Spectator (觀眾)Audience (聽眾)

 

Dramatic irony: the device of giving the spectator an item of information that at least one of the characters in the narrative is unaware of, thus placing the spectator a step ahead of at least one of the characters. 

 

Tragedy: a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing.

 

Tragic hero: the protagonist of a tragedy.

 

Tragic flaw: a literary term that refers to a personality trait of a main character that leads to his or her downfall. In other words, a character with a tragic flaw is in need of some kind of attitude adjustment.

 

Harmartia: the protagonist’s error or flaw that leads to a chain of plot actions culminating in a reversal from his/her good fortune to bad.

 

arch: order

 

Catharsis: the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration.

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