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Aristotle, Catharsis, Entertainment, and the Biochemistry of Responding to Audio Drama

Aristotle and Catharsis Aristotle was aware that stories achieve an effect in an audience that is somehow pleasing; what we call entertainment.  He intuitively felt this was good for us as human beings (and in this I concur).  But for Aristotle, the definition of what is good for us needed to be framed in terms […]

Learning from Aristotle – The Poetics of Aristotle Applied to Audio Drama – Part 6 (final)

Finally, I present the rather anti-climactic end to my look at Aristotle’s Poetics.  Here Aristotle explores a few ancillary topics before giving some final advice on what constitutes a good drama.  By finishing this final summary, though its value to writers is, I think, limited, it does give this project some sense of closure.. Chapter […]

Learning from Aristotle – The Poetics of Aristotle Applied to Audio Drama – Part 5

Welcome Back. This week, Aristotle continues to give advice about the writing process, wading, briefly, into the subjects of outlining, gesture, structure, and unity. Book XVII Writing Process a. See the Action In this section of The Poetics, Aristotle turns his attention to the process of writing. He begins by talking about the importance of […]

Learning from Aristotle – The Poetics of Aristotle Applied to Audio Drama – Part 4

Hi, and welcome back to this ongoing dive into Aristotle’s analysis of dramaturgy. This week we are getting, at last, into the practical advice Aristotle provides to help us write our plays. Book XIII Dramatic Plots Aristotle thinks about art in primarily moral terms. Part of his purpose was to defend the arts against his […]

Learning from Aristotle – The Poetics of Aristotle Applied to Audio Drama – Part 3

Today, I’m only travelling a short distance through Aristotle’s poetics. He is again presenting us with a series of definitions, but these definitions are highly practical (at least until we get to book XII which, I think, can be skipped without any real loss occurring). If we use these definitions as a guide, we gain […]

Learning from Aristotle – The Poetics of Aristotle Applied to Audio Drama – Part 2

Here we are taking a look at the next 5 sections of Aristotle’s poetics. As I stated last time, I’m working through Aristotle’s Poetics in an attempt to figure out why, even today, he is pointed to by script-writers as a guiding light in the production of drama. He is wordy, and often difficult to […]

Learning from Aristotle – The Poetics of Artistotle applied to Audio Drama (Part 1)

This is a rambling exploration of Aristotle’s guide to understanding and writing drama (as applied to audio drama) that began as a set of personal notes on Artistotle’s little book “The Poetics”, but, as I wrote, turned into a one-sided imaginary address to other writers, who like myself, are interested in figuring out why script-writing […]

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