In Butcher's translation of Aristotle's Poetics XXIII, what must the plot of a long narrative poem be, and how does that differ from a history that covers a period?
[Classical theory (in translation)] Butcher's XXIII says a narrative poem's plot must be built like a tragedy's: one action, whole and complete, with a beginning, middle and end, like a living organism. It contrasts this with historical compositions, which present a single period and everything that happened in it, however little connected; the example is two battles fought at the same time that led to no single result. The pinned text says 'historical compositions', not 'chronicle' (see negative_results); 'chronicle' is the assigning question's word.
[Classical theory (in translation)] Butcher's XXIII says a narrative poem's plot must be built like a tragedy's: one action, whole and complete, with a beginning, middle and end, like a living organism. It contrasts this with historical compositions, which present a single period and everything that happened in it, however little connected; the example is two battles fought at the same time that led to no single result. The pinned text says 'historical compositions', not 'chronicle' (see negative_results); 'chronicle' is the assigning question's word.
Curator qualifications: Single action vs single period; 'chronicle' is the question's word (0 hits).
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- [sourced_fact] [Classical theory (in translation)] Butcher's XXIII says a narrative poem's plot must be built like a tragedy's: one action, whole and complete, with a beginning, middle and end, like a living organism. It contrasts this with historical compositions, which present a single period and everything that happened in it, however little connected; the example is two battles fought at the same time that led to no single result. The pinned text says 'historical compositions', not 'chronicle' (see negative_results); 'chronicle' is the assigning question's word. · locator: XXIII source
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