Catharsis in different forms of Art.

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CATHARSIS IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF ART

Prepared and presented by Vaidehi HariyaniSemester 1Roll No. 22

Smt. S. B. Gardi Department of EnglishMaharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

DEFINITION OF CATHARSIS

Catharsis is the purification and purgation of emotions – especially Pity and Fear through different Art

"Aristotelian" concept that a tragic play is an imitation of reality with a unified plot and a universal theme which establishes an identification of the audience with the hero and produces a catharsis of the spectator's emotions. (See Aristotle, under tragedy and plot)

General meaning of Catharsis: Release of the pent-up emotions by watching an exciting movie or listening to good music or by reading any good work of Literature

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