PPT-LITERARY THEORY Aristotle

Aristotles Poetics Aristotle s Poetics seeks to address the different kinds of poetry the structure of a good poem and the division of a poem into its component parts He defines poetry as a medium of imitation that seeks to represent or duplicate life through character emotion or action Aristotle defines poetry very broadly including epic poetry tragedy comedy dithyrambic poetry and even some kinds of music. Starter – Disentanglement – identify the parts that are or might be . Aristotilean. .. Reading – Puzzle of Ethics p34-35. Higher Reading – . MacIntyre. p94. Bring this next lesson . LO s . To recap knowledge about the life and works of Aristotle.  . Course Description. This course traces the philosophical and critical development of Western thought in its particular relation to “Art”.  The critical selections cover the classical conception of Art, Renaissance and the 18th century (the Age of Reason) and emphasize the major trends and orientation of Arts criticism in the Western critical thought.  Major orientations, motifs of criticism are also emphasized as they developed from classical periods to the 18th century (the Age of Reason).. 1301. New Historicism. A text can be better understood if one takes the time to investigate the background of its setting, or the life and time of the author. . New historicist readers use literature as a tool to interrogate society- more specifically, the society in which it was written. . By Ahmad . Qazi. Aristotle. Allocation of scarce resources was a moral issue to . Aristotle.  in book I of his . Politics. , Aristotle expresses that consumption was the objective of . production. surplus should be allocated to the rearing of children. Dr. Maier. Aristotle: . Poetics. First significant work of literary criticism . Authored in 335 B.C. . Pity and Fear (Eleos and Phobos) . Catharsis. Mimesis. A Multiplicity of Approaches. Literary critics are almost never unified in their interpretation of a novel or any literary work. Why do you suppose this is the case? What factors make it virtually impossible for critics to come to a consensus regarding the meaning of a literary work? . What is a literary theory?. A literary theory is a “lens” or a “perspective” in which a reader reads the text given. Depending on which theory is used, their interpretation of the text can change. . Film . Theory . & Criticism. Film Studies. Literary Theory & Criticism. Film Theory & Criticism. no literary equivalent. Auteurism. Thumbnail: . Identification of the primary signatures (thematic, stylistic, geographical) of a given filmmaker, customarily the director. Professor Helphistine. Spring 2012. Bibliography. Multicultural Literary Criticism. I. Origins of Multicultural Theory V. Current Articles. Response to Change. The Impact of Multicultural Theory. . DR. IDA BAIZURA BAHAR. GREEK CRITICISM:. ARISTOTLE. Philosopher. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. . Born: 384 BC, Stagira. Died: 322 BC, Chalcis. Advising. Peter L. Hagen, Stockton University. Julie Givans Voller, . Phoenix College: . a Maricopa Community College. Learning outcomes for this session;. Understand the connection between Theory of Mind and academic advising. Multiple choice close Reading portion of the final exam. What literary term is represented below?. "Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea of Israel." . (Aka the best philosopher ever). Contribution to . the . orbital motion theory. Believed that the planets and the Sun orbited Earth. He saw no sign that the Earth was in motion. This meant that the Earth had to be stationary, and the planets, the Sun, and the fixed dome of stars rotated around Earth.. Mimeses or Imitation . (Poetics by Aristotle). History . History tells us what actually happened; poetry what may happen. Poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular. In this way, he exhibits the superiority of poetry over history. The poet freed from the tyranny of facts, takes a larger or general view of things, represents the universal in the particular and so shares the philosopher's quest for ultimate truth. He thus equates poetry with philosophy and shows that both are means to a higher truth. By the word 'universal' Aristotle signifies:. V Paper . VII). Literary Criticism and Critical Appreciation. . . . Unit . I: Classical . Criticism. i. Mimesis ii. . . Catharsis iii. Hamartia.