Question

Aristotle's Poetics primarily focuses on:

• A. Comedy
• B. Tragedy
• C. Epic poetry
• D. Lyric poetry

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Tragedy

As a piece devoted to characterizing various genres of poetry, drama and even literature, Poetics is considered the earliest extant work in literary theory. Although other genres are mentioned or briefly discussed, Poetics is primarily focused on tragedy.