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Tragedy: Tragedy is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsis. The term can also refer to hopeless situations in everyday life. See also Catharsis._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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Ancient Philosophy | Tragedy | Ancient Philosophy | |
Aristotle | Tragedy | Aristotle | |
Gadamer, Hans-Georg | Tragedy | Gadamer, Hans-Georg | |
Kierkegaard, Sören | Tragedy | Kierkegaard, Sören | |
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-12-08 |