THE ASPECTS OF TRAGIC IN A NEW DRAMA: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The article reviews the formation of the theory of tragedy in the German aesthetics in the turn of XIX century. This epoch became turning for a tragic genre; the ancient principles of tragedy are subject to review. The new criteria of tragic genre are being formed; they will play a crucial role in the theatrical and esthetical ideas in the turn of XIX century. The changes in the doctrine of the tragedy are shown through a new comprehension of Calderon and Shakespeare's tragedies.