ARISTOTLE'S POETICS

The Poetics is a seminal work, teeming with ideas which in course of time became established as starting-points for endless literary debate and discussion. As Aristotle formulated his views on the basis of only the existing poetic and dramatic works, many of his ideas have become out-of-date, or can be accepted with a good deal of modification and amendment. Yet the Poetics is an amazing treatise in so far as its inner vitality remains undiminished. As a work of literary criticism, the Poetics is both wide-ranging and profound; and even today every discussion of the nature of poetry must begin with Aristotle’s pronouncement that poetry is a form of imitation, and every discussion of tragedy must likewise begin with Aristotle’s definition of it. Prof. Ramji Lall has been Formerly Principal of Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi). He authored quite a large number of critical studies on English literature which have been well received all over. He is also associated with large number of examining bodies.

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