LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Poets “tell lies about the gods”
|
|
|
The stories they tell about gods and heroes and giants are immoral
|
|
|
Poetry feeds and waters the desires and passions, instead of drying them up
|
|
|
Thrice removed from reality
|
Detailed explanation-1: -He banished them because they produced the wrong sort of poetry. To rebut Plato’s critique of poetry, what is needed is not a defence of poetry, but a defence of the freedom of poets to write as, and what, they wish.
Detailed explanation-2: -world in poetry, he takes inspiration from the outward appearance of the world. The poets’ world is a copy of the world in which he lives. It is thus a replica, blind imitation, a copy of a copy. Thus, Plato declared poetry to be unreal, twice or thrice removed from reality.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plato in The Republic creates a debate by denouncing poetry. Plato has this vision of an ideal city that is genuinely just, Plato banishes poets from the city because they are imitative and under no circumstances do they portray justice. Consequently, poetry was not to be admitted into his ideal city.
Detailed explanation-4: -He banished poets from his ideal state because they inspired by some sources and such poetry is not based on rationality and reason. It cannot be followed because it cannot make an individual better citizen and a state a better organization.