Georges Polti
Encyclopedia
Georges Polti was a French
writer
from the mid-19th century (born in 1868). He is best-known today for his list of thirty-six dramatic situations
and for writing Art of Inventing Characters (ISBN 0-89984-388-3, originally L'art d'inventer les personnages).
France
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writer
Writer
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from the mid-19th century (born in 1868). He is best-known today for his list of thirty-six dramatic situations
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. To do this Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful...
and for writing Art of Inventing Characters (ISBN 0-89984-388-3, originally L'art d'inventer les personnages).
External links
- Full text of The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations available at Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
- Full text of The Art of Inventing Characters available at Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...