A Poética de Aristóteles, ética e a reação humana à ficção

Abstract

Aristotle's Poetics is an important book not only for literature but also for philosophy. Its implications in the literary theories are diverse and it is possible to understand it in a complementary way with other Aristotelian works, like Nicomachean Ethics. This dissertation presents an analysis of the theory exposed in Poetics, especially concerning human reactions to the fiction but also makes parallels between this theory and the theoretical responses to the paradox of fiction. The conclusion is that the human reactions to fiction can be explained by a connection between Aristotle's approach, both in Poetics and Nicomachean Ethics and that they are directly connected with individual ethics. This work ends with a suggestion of a topic for further research, which would study the impacts of fiction on human ethics.