I‚ no. 1 (June 1995) Sacred Ambivalence: Mimetology in Aristotle‚ Horace‚ and Longinus Matthew Schneider Department of English Chapman University Orange CA 92666 schneide@nexus.chapman.edu Almost from its very beginnings mimetology has looked to ancient Greece for its proof texts. For both René Girard’s hypotheses surrounding the ethical and ethnological implications of mimetic desire and Eric Gans’s identification of the part played by mimetic resentment in cultural evolution‚ the texts of
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These ideas were later on developed by Plato and Aristotle into systematic principles of literary criticism. Thus‚ the true beginning of criticism is found in Greece in the writing of Plato and Aristotle. Later on Greco-Roman critics like Horace and Longinus added their ideas. The man aspect of Greek criticism was their mimetic or imitation theory. The views of these classical critics may be summarized as follows:- I. Critical view of Classical Critical Plato:- is a famous critic of the classical
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line‚ it "whispers through the trees";If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep"‚The reader’s threatened (not in vain) with "sleep" . . . (347–353) Throughout the poem‚ Pope refers to ancient writers such as Virgil‚ Homer‚ Aristotle‚ Horace and Longinus. This is a testament to his belief that the "Imitation of the ancients" is the ultimate standard for taste. Pope also says‚ "True ease in writing comes from art‚ not chance‚ / As those move easiest who have learned to dance" (362–363)‚ meaning
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1. Literature and Literary Theory * Today with the impact of literary theory to the study of literature‚ the latter is seen as an are in a state of flux. * Literature as a body of writing together with it’s moral and aesthetic qualities‚ can be seen as a site of struggle where meanings are contested rather than regarded something possessing timeless and universals values and truths. * Theories aim to explain or demystify some of the assumptions or beliefs implicit in literature and literary
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Begüm İdrisoğlu 15 April 2013 Neoclassical Age in English Literature The names given to this period are confusing: Restoration‚ 18th century‚ Neoclassical‚ Augustan Chronologically the period covers from 1660 to around 1800. In English‚ the term Neoclassicism is used primarily of the visual arts; the similar movement in English literature‚ which began considerably earlier‚ is called Augustan Literature‚ which had been dominant for several decades. The English Neoclassical movement‚ predicated
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Cited: Aristotle. Poetics. Trans. Gerald F. Else. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P‚ 1967. Dorsch‚ T. R.‚ trans. and ed. Aristotle Horace Longinus: Classical Literary Criticism. New York: Penguin‚ 1965. Ley‚ Graham. The Ancient Greek Theater. Chicago: U of Chicago P‚ 1991. Reinhold‚ Meyer. Classical Drama‚ Greek and Roman. New York: Barrons‚ 1959. Donovan‚ Susan. "What is a Tragic Hero."
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different ways of finding a philosophical understanding of different artworks. Through Longinus and Burke we can explore the pre-modern and modern conceptions of the sublime and through all these critiques we can draw different manifestations of the sublime in art. Kant questions how can someone judge an object before knowing how to properly judge that object and how do they know what proper judging is? Longinus in part of his critique implies that man can go beyond his limitations as a human being
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explains that Amfortas’s father‚ Titurel‚ was entrusted with the Holy Grail‚ the vessel that caught Jesus’s blood‚ and the Lance of Longinus. A magician‚ Klingsor‚ wanted to enter the temple that Titurel made‚ but was refused. In retaliation‚ Klingsor made a garden of seductive maidens‚ and was thus the ruin of many noble knights. Amfortas had lost the Lance of Longinus when he was wounded in the attack against Klingsor’s
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HISTORY OF ART FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL OF TRENT (1543 - 63)‚ THE COUNTER REFORMATION CHURCH REQUIRED THAT ART SHOULD PROVIDE AN EMOTIONAL STIMULUS TO PIETY AND INVOLVE THE SPECTATOR. WITH THIS IN MIND‚ HOW DID GIANLORENZO BERNINI (1598-1680) FIND NEW WAYS OF REINVENTING STATUES OF CHRISTIAN FEELING? Quod non fecerunt barbari Fecerunt Barberini Anonimous[1] Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) is considered to be “the artist who most profoundly shaped the public
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Over the centuries theorists have tried to develop different kinds of approaches to what should and should not be in terms of literary theory and criticism. In here we will discuss three different theorists (Aristotle‚ Longinus‚ and Wordsworth) from three different theories (mimetic‚ pragmatic and expressive) and explain their rules and thoughts to what is "good" literature. Later on‚ we will apply each theorist’s theory to William Blake’s "London"‚ and whether it works well with the theory or not
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