Talk:Suspense/Archive 1

Your edit on suspense
Hi, could you please state sources for your edit and explain why you think that it is improper to quote Aristotle in this instance? Thanks. Peter S. 19:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Aristotle is not the only authority on suspense. There are more recent works that define suspense better. I am not sure what Peter's agenda is, but apparently he feels that the encyclopedia belongs to him. His definition is just as lame as he is. Read some books in the field, friend.


 * Thank you for your answer. I think your definition has a place, but do you think it's correct to just remove things that you don't agree with (which is what you have done)? How about stating both definitions? Please consider creating an account so that it is easier to contact you. Peter S. 10:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Restoring the article
I have reverted this page back to 15:43, 1 September 2007 Reginmund—the last clean version before some vandalism and the page being converted to a dab page—and then added some editing of my own. As poor as the article is, this topic is too significant to abandon it. For one one thing, it has nearly 250 incoming links—which the editor who eliminated the article in favor of a dab page made no effort to deal with—most of which are referring to the general dramatic device and not to any of the other articles that might be named Suspense. The dab page has been moved to Suspense (disambiguation). -- Shelf Skewed  Talk  18:25, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Aristotle??
Aristotle referred to science fiction? Ref required, please. - Denimadept (talk) 20:16, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree with Denimadapt's point. Allowing for the translation of Aristotle's thoughts into a modern context, it might better reflect Aristotle if this is changed to "Suspense is an important building block of lyric, epic and drama." or "Suspense is an important building block of works referring to personal experience, social events and acted performances."
 * The manx review (talk) 11:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC)