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发帖数: 3872 | 1 On Epic and Dramatic Poetry[1] (1827)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Both epic and dramatic writers are subject to general poetic
laws, especially the laws of unity and development. In addition,
both treat similar topics and can employ various structural
devices. The fundamental difference between them is that the
epic writer narrates an event as having happened in the past,
while the dramatist represents an event as happening in the
present. In order to define specifically |
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