Mimesis
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Mimesis is the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art. It is a concept used in philosophy, aesthetics and literary criticism, with many associated
J.M.W. Turner, Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (1842)
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise (1872). Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris.
Poetics (Aristotle)
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Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest surviving work of Greek dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to solely focus on literary theory. In this text, Aristotle offers an account of
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…and the agent by which the thing is made. The fourth, the final cause, is the good, or the purpose and end of a thing, known as telos. Aristotle's Poetics is often referred to as the counterpart to this Platonic conception of poetry. Poetics is his treatise on the subject of mimesis. Aristotle was not…
Arabic translation of the Poetics by Abū Bishr Mattā.