Aristotle’s Poetics

Define key terms: Plot, Character, Spectacle; Hamartia, Catharsis; beginnin ‘ddl d d’ P‘
Necessity and Probability, Poesis, Mimesis, Action. g rm e’ an en ’ my and Fear’
What does Aristotle have to say about poetry and history?

Oedipus and Drama

Know the plot of the work. Exposition, Stichomythia, Gestures, Dramatic Irony; role of chorus in Greek
drama. Lyricism. What example does Aristotle use from the work and why?

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The Symposium

Know the structure of the work, the key speakers and their interactions; the significance of Socrates and Diotir
the meaning of love expressed in it.

Aeneid

Furor, Pietas, Lacrimae rerum, Ekphrasis scene and its significance for Aeneas, Dido.

Epic Simile

In Homer and Vergil

Jesus

Parables in biblical passages we read

St. Augustine

The process of his conversion. His view of drama and reading.

Song of Roland

Structure of Poem, Its Feudal context, key characters. What kind of hero is Roland? Is he desmesure?
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Basic summary, key ideas and themes, and the meaning of the work.

Dante

How does this Epic poem function as a reflection on the Christian religion?

Christine de Pizan

Basic summary, key points, role of reading.

Hamlet

Madness; Seeming; Revenge. Laertes as foil to Hamlet. Ophelia’s Madness, Key scenes, such as the famous
closet scene.

Cervantes (if we get to it)
Basic summary, themes, and key points.

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