Tragedy and narrative: theoretical considerations

Abstract

The article contributes to the discussion of narratives by exploring two traditions of criticism. On the one hand, it presents the arguments that define the contribution that takes up the Hegelian approach to the theme of tragedy, making use specifically of Lukács' contribution. This allows for a discussion applied to a genre of mass culture, the Western. On the other hand, the debate unfolds towards Frye's contribution, and in the way in which this author resumes, in his own way, an inspiration that recovers Aristotle.