Reflexiones sobre la poética de Aristóteles

Abstract

In this paper the philosophical background of Aristotle's Poetics is considered. According to the author, there are many principies of Platonism in this treatise. As a matter of f act, Aristotle in the mentioned work broadens and clarifies the Platonic theory on poetics. For instance: one of the most important points of Plato's theory of poetry is the principie that all the parts of a poetic work must look for the Form or Idea of the whole, and this principie is also of crucial importance in Aristotle's Poetics.