AllRefer.com Reference and Encyclopedia Resource 

AllRefer Channels :: Health | Yellow Pages | | Reference | Weather

November 23, 2009  
 Earth & Environment
 Literature & Arts
 Philosophy & Religion
 Medicine
 People
 Places
 Science & Technology
 Plants & Animals
 Social Science & Law
 Sports & Everyday Life
 History
 Country Studies
A B C D E F G H I J

K L M N O P Q R S

T U V W X Y Z

 United States
 Mexico
 Canada
 Other countries
A B C D E F G H I J

K L M N O P Q R S

T U V W X Y Z

 Countries
 Flags
 Maps

You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Literature, General > tragedy
By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z > T

tragedy, Literature, General

Related Category: Literature, General

tragedy, form of drama that depicts the suffering of a heroic individual who is often overcome by the very obstacles he is struggling to remove. The protagonist may be brought low by a character flaw or, as Hegel stated, caught in a "collision of equally justified ethical aims."

See also drama, Western; comedy.



The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 2009, Columbia University Press.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.



Topics that might be of interest to you:

Aeschylus
Jean Anouilh
Aristotle
Asian drama
Samuel Beckett
Ugo Betti
Bertolt Brecht
Georg BUchner
Pedro CalderOn de la Barca
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
comedy
Pierre Corneille
criticism
Gabriele D'Annunzio
dithyramb
drama, Western
Euripides
Michel de Ghelderode
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Henrik Ibsen
Thomas Kyd
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
George Lillo
FElix Lope de Vega Carpio
Christopher Marlowe
Arthur Miller
miracle play
morality play
Sean O'Casey
Eugene (Gladstone) O'Neill
Luigi Pirandello
Jean Racine
Friedrich von Schiller
Seneca, the younger, c.3 B.C.A.D. 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman
William Shakespeare
Sophocles
Johan August Strindberg
theater
John Webster
Tennessee Williams

Related Categories:

Literature and the Arts > Language, Linguistics, and Literary Terms


More articles from AllRefer Reference on tragedy



SITE MAPS


Content on this web site is provided for informational purposes only. We accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by any person resulting from information published on this site. We encourage you to verify any critical information with the relevant authorities.

About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy | Links Directory
Link to AllRefer.com | Add AllRefer.com Search to your site
| Healthopedia.com  
Copyright © 2009 Par Web Solutions All Rights reserved.
Site best viewed in 800 x 600 resolution.