カタルシスと悲劇に固有の快 : アリストテレス『詩学』より
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The pleasure from mimetic works is regarded as the natural pleasure of learning and understanding through mimesis in ch. 4 of the Poetics. By the way, Tragedy is defined as an imitation not only of a complete action but of events which are fearful and pitiful. As to the complete action, in chs. 7 & 8 the compound concept of unity, whose constituents are wholeness, order, singleness and appropriate scale, is defined by reference to the cardinal principle of necessity and probability. The cardinal principle represents the intelligible and internal cohesion of the action portrayed in the poetry, and at the same time it is the 'logic' we apprehend in the construction of the plot. On the other hand, as to the fearful and pitiful events, in chs. 13 & 14 fear and pity are distinguished from repulsion. For example, good men should not be shown passing from prosperity to affliction, for this is neither fearful nor pitiful but repulsive. Tragic events are required to remove the repulsive events from the material actions. Catharsis is, therefore, to purify the repulsive events, and the tragic pleasure comes from understanding the 'logic' of the plot.
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- 1992-03-31