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'''Early or Classical critics'''<br /> Before Plato, with the exception of a few occurrences there was no real literary criticism in the sense of theory of literature. He essentially attacked all poetry. However, Aristotle continued on his teacher’s ways, and further expanded upon Plato’s Ideas thus expanding and creating more literary criticism, and in the 4th century BC wrote the Poetics which gives specific example of critiques of contemporary works of art. These two men primarily gave birth to literary criticism. <ref>Hall, V. (1963). A Short History of Literay Criticism . London: The Merlin Press.</ref> | '''Early or Classical critics'''<br /> Before Plato, with the exception of a few occurrences there was no real literary criticism in the sense of theory of literature. He essentially attacked all poetry. However, Aristotle continued on his teacher’s ways, and further expanded upon Plato’s Ideas thus expanding and creating more literary criticism, and in the 4th century BC wrote the Poetics which gives specific example of critiques of contemporary works of art. These two men primarily gave birth to literary criticism. <ref>Hall, V. (1963). A Short History of Literay Criticism . London: The Merlin Press.</ref> | ||
*'''Early Critics and Texts''' | *'''Early Critics and Texts''' | ||
**Plato:"Ion, Republic, Cratylus" | **Plato: "Ion, Republic, Cratylus" | ||
**Aristotle: | **Aristotle: "Poetics; Rhetoric" | ||
**Horace: | **Horace: "Art of Poetry" | ||
**Longinus: | **Longinus: "On the Sublime" | ||
**Plotinus: | **Plotinus: "On the Intellectual Beauties" | ||
**St. Augustine: | **St. Augustine: "On Christian Doctrine" | ||
**Boethius: | **Boethius: "The Consolation of Philosophy" | ||
**Aquinas: | **Aquinas: "The Nature and Domain of Sacred Doctrine | ||
**Dante: | **Dante: "The Banquet, Letter to Can Grande Della Scala" | ||
**Boccaccio: | **Boccaccio: "Life of Dante, Genealogy of the Gentile Gods" | ||
**Anandavardhana: | **Anandavardhana: "Light on Suggestion" | ||
**Cao Pi: | **Cao Pi: "A Discourse on Literature" | ||
**Lu Ji: | **Lu Ji: "Rhymeprose on Literature | ||
**Liu Xie: | **Liu Xie: "The Literary Mind" | ||
**Wang Changling: | **Wang Changling: "A Discussion of Literature and Meaning" | ||
**Sikong Tu: | **Sikong Tu: "The Twenty-Four Classes of Poetry" | ||
'''Renaissance Criticism''' <br/ >The beginning of the Renaissance critics started in 1498 with the translation of the classic texts. The most important of these translations was of Aristotle’s Poetics, translated by Giorgio Valla. Throughout the Renaissance many authors critiqued classic works, as well as criticizing modern works.<ref>Hall, V. (1963). A Short History of Literay Criticism . London: The Merlin Press.</ref> | '''Renaissance Criticism''' <br/ >The beginning of the Renaissance critics started in 1498 with the translation of the classic texts. The most important of these translations was of Aristotle’s Poetics, translated by Giorgio Valla. Throughout the Renaissance many authors critiqued classic works, as well as criticizing modern works.<ref>Hall, V. (1963). A Short History of Literay Criticism . London: The Merlin Press.</ref> | ||
*'''Main Critics and Texts''' | *'''Main Critics and Texts''' | ||
**Lodovico Castelvetro: | **Lodovico Castelvetro: "The Poetics of Aristotle Translated and Explained" | ||
**Philip Sidney: ''An Apology for Poetry'' | **Philip Sidney: ''An Apology for Poetry'' | ||
**Jacopo Mazzoni: ''On the Defense of the Comedy of Dante'' | **Jacopo Mazzoni: ''On the Defense of the Comedy of Dante'' | ||