lecture 3 part 1
1) what genre of literature did the Greeks develop?
they developed all genres of literature (tragedy, comedy, different forms of poetry, short stories, and novels)
2) what is Western literature based on ?
on Greek literature
3) is it the exactly the same?
no, there is a substantial amount of difference
4) Greek thought influenced Europe and the west ,did that make both cultures the same ?
no the difference between the two cultures were significant
5) who are the Greek thinkers that influenced the development of western literature?
plato and Aristotle
6) what is the word for literature in Greek?
they didn't have a word for literature they called it poetry
7)what did Plato think of poetry?
he thought it was influential and extremely misunderstood
8)what did he write ?
he wrote dialogues
9) what did he talk about in the dialogues?
poetry
10)why was he obsessed with poetry?
Western literature and criticism cannot agree
11) who wrote “The Republic”?
Plato
12) what were Plato’s most important contribution?
the first to makes the distinction between MIMESIS and DIAGESIS
to ban poets and poetry from the city.
13) what are MIMESIS and DIAGESIS translated as?
imitation and narration
14)what is imitation?
when we tell the story in first person (I want , I did…..)
15) what is narration?
telling the story in third person ( he went ,they talked…)
16) how is drama with characters normally written ?
mimesis (imitation)
17) how are stories in the third person written?
diegesis(narration)
who said” and narration may be either simple narration, or imitation, or a union of the two”?
plato
18)why is the distinction between MIMESIS and DIAGESIS important ?
it is very important for the analysis of literature
19)whats the name of plato’s book?
The Republic
20) how did people react towards plato decision to ban poets and poetry from the city?
it was difficult to explain because they valued poetry
21) what do western cultures clam that their literature based on ?
it was based on Greek antiquity
22)when do scholars finally show that the poetry that plato bands is different to the poetry and art that Europe and the west have ?
the 20th century
23) who drew attention to the fact that the Greeks did not have anything similar to the western ideas of art and literature?
Paul Kristller