Tragedy 悲剧——英文定义.doc

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1、Tragedy：aseriousplay(or,byextension,anovel)representingthedisastrousdownfallofacentralcharacter,theprotagonist.TheGreekphilosopherAristotleputforwardhismostinfluentialdefinitionoftragedyinhisPoetics(4thcenturyBC):theimitationofanactionthatisseriousan

2、dcomplete,achievingacatharsis(“purification”)throughincidentsarousingpityandterror.Tragicflaw:thedefectofcharacterthatbringsabouttheprotagonist’sdownfallinatragedy:Othello’sjealousyisafamousexample.Theideaofthetragicflawinvolvesanarrowingandpersonali

3、zingofthebroaderGreekconceptof“hamartia”(‘error’or‘failure’).