Tag: aristotle and poetics

  • Plot or Character?

    Plot or Character?

    Our writers’ group recently invited a speaker from the University of Technology, Sydney to present a talk on “Poetics”, which he defined as the features of narrative writing. Did you know that Aristotle wrote the first literary treatise, entitled Poetics, on this subject in 350 BC? You can read the book online at http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.mb.txt We…