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Tragic Emotion

Tragic Emotion is a theoretical construct within literary and dramatic studies that denotes the affective response elicited by narratives of human suffering and inevitable downfall, distinguished by its integration of pity, fear, and cathartic resonance in the audience’s engagement with heroic flaw and irreversible fate.

147

Publications

10.5K

Citations

211

Authors

97

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

20

Parents

Publications

147

1–5 of 147

Authors

211

  1. AS
    Aaron Smuts

    Rhode Island College, United States

    3 publications · 135 citations

    3

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  2. DZ
    Dolf Zillmann

    University of Alabama, United States

    3 publications · 182 citations

    3

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  3. EB
    Elizabeth Belfiore

    University of Minnesota System, United States

    2 publications · 208 citations

    2

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  4. JC
    John Cunningham

    Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

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  5. DW
    David Westerman

    West Virginia University, United States

    1 publications · 31 citations

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Institutions

97

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    120 citations

  2. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    103 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    433 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  5. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  6. California Department of Education

    Sacramento, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  7. University of Illinois System

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    204 citations

  8. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    280 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 10 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

    4 publications · 118 citations

    4

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  3. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 3 publications · 221 citations

    3

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  4. Psychological Science

    2 publications · 152 citations

    2

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  5. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

    PPR · 2 publications · 131 citations

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