Author(s)

Meini Wu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Art and Design, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091, China

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ABSTRACT

Aristotle believed that the poet's creation was conducive to edification, and that the katharsis was a bridge between completion and realization. Aristotle believed that the poet's creation was conducive to edification, and that the katharsis was the bridge between completion and realization, and that the katharsis was an important part of Aristotle's theory of tragedy, in which the individual tragedy transiently emerges from the self to form a godlike being. At the same time, the katharsis also plays a cathartic and purifying role in the field of art. It is clear that there is an inseparable link between katharsis and art. By examining the various meanings of "katharsis" and synthesizing the various interpretations in the Western academic world, this paper takes Edvard Munch's work "The Scream" as an example to analyze the healing function of "katharsis" in art for people's emotions and the important role of enhancing moral realm.

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Meini Wu, The Antidote to Emotions—the "Katharsis" in Art. Art and Performance Letters (2023) Vol. 4: 78-81. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/artpl.2023.040415.

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