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Rhetoric & On Poetics - A Franklin Library Review

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What is DESCRIPTIVE POETICS? What does DESCRIPTIVE POETICS mean? DESCRIPTIVE POETICS meaning

 

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Aristotle - Poetics (Part I)

Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory in the West. This has been the traditional view for centuries. However, recent work is now challenging whether Aristotle focuses on literary theory per se or whether he focuses instead on dramatic musical theory that only has language as one of the elements.