Week 3 - PlatoOnStories Flashcards
PlatoOnStories
1
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Poetry
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- found this harmful
- has the power to influence
2
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Content
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- lesson to be learned
- theme (but broad)
- what it’s about/what’s in it
3
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Form
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- how is the story being told
- what kind: poem, story, play, novel
4
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Rhetoric
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the art of persuasion/of effective communication
5
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Prescriptive Content
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what you can and can’t have
6
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Homer
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- wrote Iliad (Hector is killed by the semi-divine Achilles) and The Odyssey (the solider getting lost)
- Plato used Homer a lot
- content about anthropomorphic gods (gods with human characteristics): this made it blasphemous, philosophers wanted moral content
7
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Allegory
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telling a story in terms of another story
8
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Narrative
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- you have a story-teller
- formal feature of modern art: having a story-teller
9
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Abstract Art
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- re-representation
- non-figurative
- you’re painting an idea: art derives from ideas, art’s effective power can be good
- art awakes pity & fear, which is a good thing (Catharsis [releasing strong emotions])
10
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Socrates
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- a greek philosopher
- Plato’s mouthpiece for The Republic
11
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“Mirror” Metaphor
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- reflecting society
- justifies realism
