Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. [concepts in the arts and humanities]
5. [genres in literature and performing arts]

Anotations

Scope note:

Performing arts and literary genre that evokes a serious examination of human events such as birth, death, decay, obsolescence, disaster, love, marriage, and family encountered by individuals or groups. Originating in ancient Greece, the genre developed in a strict format featuring a chorus, a heroic character, myths, and pontification of universal morals or themes. Historically, the criterion of what is tragic has changed, with the idea of psychological corruption, disillusionment, isolation, and individual accountability defining tragedy in the 19th and 20th centuries.