Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of the lyric–epic–dramatic triad?
Hints
- Three describe its actual history; one repeats the misattribution.
- Aristotle divides by means, objects and manner, not into these three kinds.
Show the answer
- A. It is often misattributed to Aristotle
- B. It was given a philosophical scaffolding of subjective, objective and synthesis
- C. It was assembled by the German Romantics and Hegel rather than inherited from antiquity
Why
The triad feels ancient and is roughly two centuries old. Aristotle divides by means, objects and manner, and lyric is barely present in the Poetics at all. Knowing the date matters, because the triad carries Romantic assumptions about subjectivity that get read back into classical texts that never held them.
Practise Genre Theory
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More questions on Genre Theory
- Fowler argues that a genre can be real even when no single feature is shared by all its members.
- Sort each statement by whether it belongs to the CLASS model of genre or the FAMILY RESEMBLANCE model.
- Complete the account of genre.
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