The Imitation Ideology in Poetics

Poetics is an art work of Aristotle.In the existing chapters, it mainly discusses the creation of tragedies and epics.At the outset, he mentioned that "poetry is the art of imitating."In this article, it is considered that "imitation" is not only a means but also a purpose in poetry.This article starts from Aristotle's source of mimicking thought, the criticism of Plato and the understanding of poetry imitating, and discusses the imitation thought in "Poetics". The Source of the Imitation IdeologyPythagorean School: Imitation of Number.The Pythagorean school believes that "number" is the origin of all things, and all art is the imitation of "number."Like the music theory founded by the Pythagoras school, the tone, rhythm, and rhythm of music actually come from the harmony of the "celestial body."Moreover, the Pythagoras school believes that there is a kind of "soul harmony" in the human body, and this harmony is consistent with the harmony of "number".Only when the music accords with the "number" of the law of operation and is as accurate as the established mathematical model, it can only cause people to enjoy hearing.From this music's accurate imitation of "number," the music and the soul of a person can resonate.In Aristotle's Poetics, the specification of poetry from media, form, and content can be viewed as an inheritance of the Pythagorean school's view of imitating "number". .He divided the tragedy into six elements: plot, character, language, thoughts, scenes, and arias.The most important of these is the "plot."The ingeniousness of the arrangement of events determines the level of poet's creative level.The plot must have integrity in the entire work.Things have a beginning, a middle, and an end.The length of the plot must be consistent with the viewer's attention.Special provision is the space-time limitation of "tragedy" performances, and it requires a precise control of "numbers".This quantitative arrangement and limitation is precisely the fact that Aristotle examined the necessary role of the law of "number" in tragedy, and poetry is the art of imitating first of all conforming to certain quantitative laws. Heraclitus: Opposition, Difference and Harmony.Heraclitus believes that "the opposite is the opposite, and the opposite causes harmony."If the bow is pulled to the maximum extent, the greatest power can be accumulated.The harp has a different pitch because of the different degree of tightness of the strings.The mutual coordination of different tones can bring out the most beautiful sound.It is because of the opposite of things that things are led to a rising process.Differences represent the possibility of a combination, which creates many possibilities for artistic imitation.It is precisely for this reason that harmony is not stagnant and motionless, but it should be moving and moving forward.This view was inherited and used in Aristotle's Poetics.First of all, the objects that poetry imitates are "people in action".This kind of imitation is "imitation of behavior" and represents the allowable variant of poetry imitation.It is not a stagnant art.The plot is the most important part of poetry.It is necessary to describe "people in motion" rather than merely portraying real people.If this kind of movement is invariable, it will cause the work to be boring, because it does not meet the requirements for achieving harmony in opposition and difference.Therefore, the most basic element of the plot, "discovery and reversal," is of utmost importance in the art of poetry.The use of "discovery and reversal" makes the characters turn from reverse to reverse, and the tragic character revealed from them.It will arouse deep pity and fear, and it will meet the purpose of tragedy.