Question

According to Aristotle, poetry includes _____. Select all that apply.

Answer 1

According to Aristotle, poetry includes Dramatic tragedies and Dramatic comedies

Explanation:

In Poetics, Aristotle gave a broad definition of poetry. He ranked tragedies more than the epic, saying that it has high standards, and dramatic comedies were placed at the bottom.

He advocated the idea of catharsis in tragedy, which was quite relevant in the ancient Greek tragedies like Oedipus Rex, for example. Dramatic comedies were used to refer base matters and not the lofty ones as they do not invoke any sort of catharsis.