Mimetic Crititcism/ WORLD
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What is art's subject matter?
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What aspect of nature is favored for imitation?
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What is the relation of art to nature?
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What are the canons of accuracy?
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Is icastic or fantastic imitation favored?
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What is more important? Pleasure or truth?
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To what degree is the mind implicated in the act of creation (objective
vs.subjective)?
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What is the attitude towards imitating the ancients (emulation)?
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Does the artist imitate the general or the particular?
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Objective Criticism/ THE WORK
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What is the definition of poetry? How is poetry different from
the other arts?
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What is the origin of poetry?
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In what terms is the form of poetry defined?
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Is there a distinction btw. form and content? Which is more important?
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Is the poem seen as autotelic, self-sufficient?
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What is the nature of poetic language? Is it seen as different
from ordinary language?
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How is poetry different from prose?
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What are the parts of the work and what is the principle of their inter-relationship?
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Is there a doctrine of Organic Unity?
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Pragmatic Criticism/ AUDIENCE
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What is the use/ function of poetry?
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By what mechanisms does poetry affect the audience?
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What should poetry teach?
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Where does pleasure come in?
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How important is pleasure in comparison to other ends?
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How much emphasis on the rules?What are the most important rules and why
are they important?
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What is the highest or representative genre and why?
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?s there a theory of catharsis?
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What is the assumed nature of man?
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What human capacities/ faculties is art concerned with?
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Expressionist Criticism/ AUTHOR
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What faculty of the mind creates poetry?
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Is there a dichotomy btw. reason & imagination?
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What is the nature of the creative process?
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What metaphors are used to describe creativity?
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How important are learning, discipline, and emulation vs. inspiration?
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How much does the poet's sincerity, and/or originality matter?
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Is there a theory of the symbol as a link btw. the individual mind
and the external world?
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