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- Title
The Classicists' Myopia and the Neo-Classicists' Foresight in Perceiving the Superiority of Epic over Tragedy: A Critical Survey.
- Authors
Arul Jayraj, S. Joseph
- Abstract
The objective of this paper is to present before the readers the relative merits of epic and tragedy that are handed down the timeline and enable the readers to establish the superiority of epic over tragedy. In order to render justice to the objective aimed at, the paper traces and presents to the readers a critical survey of the variegated critical aspects of the critics such as Plato (427-347 BCE), Aristotle (384-322 BCE), John Dryden(1631-1700), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), and Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784).
- Subjects
EPIC literature; TRAGEDY (Drama); CLASSICISM in literature; NEOCLASSICISM (Literature); PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; ARISTOTLE, 384-322 B.C.; DRYDEN, John, 1631-1700; JOHNSON, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Publication
Language in India, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 4, p63
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article