was among the first

intellectuals to give careful

consideration to the role
and function of literature
in society:

Plato rightly says that poetry is

the product of imagination;

Plato

is widely considered to be
the Western worlds first
true literary theorist;

Poetry is a product of a
rational mind;

his chief concern is the subject

matter of poetry abd its effects
to readers;

Literature is dangerous to the

stability of an ideal
republic/state;

Literature must be strictly

censored.

his chief concern is on

literary form or structure-the components and how its
parts must work together to
produce a unified whole;

a work of art (i.e. tragedy)

must have an emotional
effect on its audience;

a work of art (i.e. tragedy)

must have an emotional
effect on its audience;

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