PİERRE CORNEİLLE’İN “LE CİD” ADLI TİYATROSUNDAKİ GERÇEKÇİLİK ve İNANDIRICILIK
REALISM AND COGENCY IN PIERRE CORNEILLE’S THEATRE PLAY “LE CİD”

Summary/Abstract: Renaissance period classical movement gets main strength from Ancient Greek Literature. There are rules in the classical movement and following these rules strictly is expected. One of the rules which are supposed to be followed is that the creations be realistic and convincing. On this point, it is stuck to the content of Poetics by Aristotle. Main factors grounding on realism and persuasiveness are: mind/common sense, ethics and threee unities. Mind/common sense is reviewing incidents in accordance with logic and reality; ethics is acting proper to common courtesy; three unities is abiding to the association of location (all incidents taking place at the same location from the beginning to the end), time (incidents including within a period of twenty-four hours) and event (narrating only one incident ). In this article, drama piece named Le Cid by Corneille, who is one of the founders of French tragedy, is discussed over classical movement laying context on realism and persuasiveness.

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