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What does Tragedy do for People?

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What is Tragedy?
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A discussion of what the use of tragedy is, and whether the emotional experience of tragic theatre is simply a passing thrill or a vital part of life.

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Defining Tragedy

First dialogue between Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings on tragedy: they discuss what 'tragedy' means, from its origins in Greek culture to philosophical notions of what tragedy and tragic drama are.
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Third dialogue on the nature of tragedy where they talk about whether tragic theatre teaches people, and if it does, how and what does it teach?
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Series
What is Tragedy?
People
Oliver Taplin
Joshua Billings
Keywords
literature
theory of emotion
theatre
cognition
history of ideas
drama
greek
#greatwriters
shakespeare
aristotle
theory of tragedy
catharsis
Department: Faculty of Classics
Date Added: 01/03/2010
Duration: 00:11:29

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