Aristotelian
framework for analyzing a play
Aristotle
is outdated, but the elements of this framework are still relevant today: in
reading a play, we unravel its plot/narrative (mythos); we analyze the way in
which language is used by the characters and the playwright (lexis); we try and
relate the events and/or theme(s) in the play to the age and culture in which
it is set (ethos); we look at how the stage settings and presentation of the
play might affect our response to it (opsis); and finally we want to be able to
say what effect the play has on us, what ideology/message it seems to convey
(dianoia).
INTERPRETING
POETRY IN VARIOUS PARAMETERS
Similarly
the Block on poetry describes a set of parameters that you can use to analyze
and interpret a poem: the diction and syntax of a poem, its rhythmic patterns,
imagery, etc. These are the tools with which you are expected to interpret a
piece of literature.
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