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 \n􀁸 Introduction to Indian poetics  \n􀁸 Basics of Indian poetics  \nAt the end of this unit you will be able to:  \n􀁸 Understand the meaning of poetics  \n􀁸 Have basic understanding of Indian poetics  \n􀁸 Have basic understanding of terms of Indian poetics  \n􀁸 Have basic idea of various schools of Indian poetics  \nIntroduction  \nOxford English dictionary defines poetics as „art of writing poetry‟ or „the study of poetry, literature‟ etc. So the term poetics means the study of literature. Our question is what literature is. Drama, novel, poetry, short story etc. are considered to be works of literature. So literature is any work of art that uses language in a creative and imaginative way. Poetics is a study of such work of art individually or collectively. It attempts to answer such questions:  \n􀁸 What is literature?  \n􀁸 Why do we write or read literature?  \n􀁸 What constitutes literature?  \n􀁸 What are the qualities of literature?  \n􀁸 How to write literature?  \n􀁸 How is one work of literature different from other?  \nBy seeking answer to such questions, poetics tries to define literature, understand the nature and function of literature with reference to both the writer as well as the reader, understand its constituents, classify the works of literature on the basis of different characteristics, analyse the works of literature so as to be able to define good or bad literature. Poetics, thus, can be defined as the systematic study of (1) the nature and function of literature,(2) its constituent elements,(3) its genres, (4) its medium and manner, and (5) to devise tools to evaluate works of literature.  \nLiterature differs from other writing in its use of language. Indian scholars were aware about the uniqueness of language used in literature. They knew and there was a general agreement that sound and sense are the two important elements blending of which makes poetry what it is. The different schools or saṃpradāyas of Indian poetics emerged out of different speculations about the ways in which the blending of sound and sense takes place. So we have rasa saṃpradāya, or alaṃkāra saṃpradāya, or dhvani saṃpradāya or vakroktisaṃpradāya, etc.  \nPoetics is both science as well as philosophy. It is science because of the following characteristics  \n􀁸 Objectivity: It looks at work of art objectively. It sets objective criteria to understand and judge a work of art.  \n􀁸 Analytical: It analyzes works of art according to its constituent elements. The aim of poetics is to analyze a work of art using objective tools to understand it. Poetics also analyzes the products for the ends it serves such as hedonistic, pedagogic, didactic, or mystic. It also analyzes works of art for meanings and differentiates the various meanings such as literal, symbolic, secondary, intentional, or suggested.  \n􀁸 Classification: Poetics attempts to classify works of literature on the basis of their characteristics and classifies them into different genres. It not only distinguishes works of art but also distinguishes various arts in terms of the medium and manner of works of art. It, for instance, distinguishes painting from poetry and music from sculpture and so on.  \n􀁸 Scientific: It scientifically studies the end result of the work of art. It attempts to seek answer as to what is the experience of the artist when s/he creates that work of art and what is the experience of the consumer of that art. For instance, it attempts to understand the psychology of the writer who wrote a work of art and the psychology of the reader who reads the work of art in terms of their experiences. It tells us the possible end it serves i.e. sensuous, imaginative, cathartic, or transcendental.  \nIt is a philosophy, especially in Indian context, because Indian poetics attempts to understand the experience a work of art produces in terms of various schools of Indian philosophy. The works of poetics ","cbCaiayPsUgXOG3b","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiayPsUgXOG3b","pdf",666217,"English","# Indian Poetics: Definition\n## Objectives\n## Introduction\n## Poetics as Science and Philosophy\n## Introduction to Kavyashastra","[{\"question\":\"What does the document define as poetics?\",\"answer\":\"Poetics is defined as the systematic study of the nature and function of literature, its constituent elements, genres, and the medium and manner of literary works.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are sound and sense important in Indian poetics, according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"The text states that Indian scholars agreed that blending sound and sense forms the basis of poetry and explains how different schools emerged from differing ideas about that blending.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document describe poetics as both science and philosophy?\",\"answer\":\"Poetics is science through objectivity, analysis, classification, and the scientific study of the artist’s and consumer’s experiences; it is philosophy because it interprets the experience produced by art using schools of Indian philosophy.\"}]","Indian Poetics I and II - Objectives and Introduction | PDF",1789775836,14]