Why is Aristotle so important? I don't know. He came up with lot of ideas. What about the notion of tragedy? I don't seem to be coming up with convincing answers to any of these questions. So, what's an epic? A long narrative poem about quasi-divine figures who didn't know what to do with the knowledge they had, and had divine interventions to further confuse their sense of self. And, what about the oral tradition? Please, no winks. :P Where does Oedipus figure in the puzzle? Sophocles, (whose name I still can't pronounce) wrote 'Oedipus the King' and left us with the complex to figure out. Not bad.
Coming back to Aristotle, student of Plato, who in turn was a student of Socrates, wrote Poetics and spoke about logic. Hm
So, what does tragedy invoke? pity and fear. Good one. Aristotlenism also has an offshoot into early Islamic philosophy.
Pity and fear..yes, feel the former when i flunk, and the latter when you meet me. :p :p :p
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