noun
poetics; study of poetry
Academic term for the theory and study of poetry as a literary form.
彼は大学で詩学を専攻している。
He is majoring in poetics at university.
アリストテレスの『詩学』は西洋文学理論の基礎である。
Aristotle's 'Poetics' is the foundation of Western literary theory.
Compound of 詩 (poetry) and 学 (study, learning). The term is a direct adaptation of the Western concept of poetics, popularized through translations of Aristotle's work.