Criticism part 2 Aristotle short questions and answers

Criticism part 2  Aristotle short questions and answers
4- CRITICISM
• Answer the following questions.
• What is literary criticism?
Ans. Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literary works like poem, drama, and novel etc. Plato's cautions against the risky consequences of poetic inspiration in general in his "Republic" are often taken as the earliest important examples of literary criticism.
(ii) What does Aristotle say about poetry?
Ans.poetry,as Aristotle defines it is first and foremost a,  medium of imitation, meaning a form of art that seeks to duplicate or represent life.
(iii) what are Plato’s three main objections to poetry?
Ans.Plato’s three main objections to poetry are. Poetry is not ethical, philosophical and pragmatic.
(iv) What does 'Poetics' deal with?
Ans.the Poetics is chiefly concerned with tragedy, which is regarded as the highest form of poetry and much of the Poetics is a covert reply to Plato.
(v) which is the best kind of anagnorisis
Ans.recognition that arises through the structure of the plot
(vi) In what three ways does Aristotle differentiate various art forms from one another?
Ans.medium of imitation, manner of  imitation, objects of imitation
(vii) What is the difference between epic poetry and tragedy?
Ans.tragedy is more concentrated and compact, it’s size is much more limited, the length of epic can be greater than that of the tragedy. The epic is the mode of narrative while the mode of tragedy is dramatic
(viii) define tragedy according to Aristotle.
Ans.tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, and also having magnitude, complete in itself in language with pleasureable accessories…in dramatic form not in narrative form, with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewhith to accomplish it’s catharsis of such emotions.”
(ix) what are the four requirements of a character '?
Ans.goodness,Appropriateness ,likeness and consistency
(x) What according to Aristotle, is the primary purpose of tragedy ?
Ans.aristotle says that tragedy is an imitation of a serious action.,and that its primary purpose is to arouse pity and fear
(xi) what are the main qualities of tragic hero ?'.
Ans.1. He should be a good man, a noble but not a paragon of virtue. 2. He must be of high status and good family. 3. He must have some flaw or tragic error in him. 4. A hero must be shown passing from prosperity to adversity.
(xii) which is the worst kind of plot according to Aristotle ?
Aristotle regards episodic plot as the worst, for they are the plots in which the episodes are not properly interlinked with the main design, so they don’t form an organic part of the whole.
(xiii) What are the six parts every tragedy must have? Which, according to Aristotle, is the most important?
Ans.plot,character, diction, thought, spectacle and song,. The most important element of tragedy, according to Aristotle is plot.
(xiv) What, according to Aristotle, are the quantitative parts of tragedy?
Ans.prologue,episode,exode and choric song.
(xv) Among the three unities Which one is called Aristotlelian?
Ans. Among the three unities the unity of action is called Aristotlelian