Plato’s most important contributions to criticism appear in his famous dialogue the Republic. Two main ideas appear in this dialogue that have had a lasting influence.
اهم مساهمات افلاطون في النقد يظهر في حواره الاشهر ((الجمهوريه )) . فكرتان رئيسيتان تظهران في هذا الحوار كان لها تأثير دائم .
Plato makes the very important distinction between Mimesis and Diagesis, two concepts that remain very important to analyse literature even today. They are often translated as imitation and narration or showing and telling
افلاطون يوضح الفرق بينMimesis and Diagesis وهما مفهومان ظلا مهمان جدا لتحليل الادب حتى الوقت الحاضر . هما غالبا يترجمان ب(( التقليد والروايه )) (( عرض او اخبار )).