ENG110Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ancient Greek, Mimesis
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Aristotle: representation of nature in art; as aestheticized and corrected. Frequently seen as a measure of the value of art and literature: fantastic. Technique of phantasia, greek: bringing into the light . No speci c theorist: representation of something impossible in the world as we know it. Often seen as a shortcoming in art and literature (childish) Pedants: a person who is obsessed with minor details. Sophisticates: someone who think knows a lot about everything. Writers like her, think they focus on realism, they focus on details. The barbarians and the swords and all that is considered fantasy. The polarity she"s setting up, is a duel problem. She wants to create a different kind of. The word fancy, means as much as fantasy. You have a depiction of what these bodies look like. The rst description and symbol of the body ( rst page), is is the classical of ancient greek.
