LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Plato
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Aristotle
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Sir Philip Sidney
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Sir Thomas More
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plato is famous for having banished poetry and poets from the ideal city of the Republic. But he did no such thing.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the Republic, Plato argues that poets have no place in an ideal state. They spread misinformation and corrupt the youth’s minds. The Republic written by Plato discusses the ideal state and still continues to influence debates on political philosophy. It raises important questions about what justice is.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Socrates banishes the poets from the city because they are removed from truth and tend to incite passion over reason. Socrates argues that poets, in exploring fictional and fictionalized themes, distorts the nature of what is true and just.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sidney views that Plato in his Republic wanted to banish the abuse of poetry not the poets. He himself was not free from poeticality, which we can find in his dialogues. Plato never says that all poets should be banished. He called for banishing only those poets who are inferior and unable to instruct the children.