Cruelty and Tragedy: Cathartic Journey in Peter Shaffer's Equus
The concept of catharsis has evolved much since Aristotle defined it in Poetics as the purgation of feelings such as pity and fear caused by an imitation of a tragic action. As Antonin Artaud argued in Theatre and Its Double, the theatre of cruelty aims to arouse a therapeutic effect in order to dis...
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The English Language and Literature Research Association of Türkiye
2024-10-01
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| Seria: | Ideas: Journal of English Literary Studies |
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| Dostęp online: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4197194 |