State of Catharsis
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A State of Catharsis is an emotional state that transitions from pity or fear into feeling of renewal.
- See: Poetics (Aristotle), Tragedy.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/catharsis Retrieved:2016-2-13.
- Catharsis (from Greek meaning "purification" or "cleansing") is the purification and purgation of emotions — especially pity and fear — through art [1] or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. [2] [3] It is a metaphor originally used by Aristotle in the Poetics, comparing the effects of tragedy on the mind of spectator to the effect of a cathartic on the body. [4] [5]
- ↑ "catharsis," Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, Merriam-Webster, 1995, p. 217.
- ↑ A. Berndtson (1975), p. 235: "The theory of catharsis has a disarming affinity with the expressional theory, since it emphasizes emotion, asserts a change in emotion as a result of aesthetic operations, and concludes on a note of freedom in relation to the emotion".
- ↑ R. Levin (2003), p. 42: "Catharsis in Shakespearean tragedy involves ... some kind of restoration of order and a renewal or enhancement of our positive feelings for the hero".
- ↑ Aristotle, Poetics, 1449b
- ↑ "catharsis (criticism)" -- Encyclopedia Britannica