Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and critic who lived from 384-322 BC. He studied under Plato at Plato's Academy in Athens and later founded his own school called the Lyceum. Aristotle made many contributions to literary criticism, including his theories of syllogism, causality, and the mean. He disagreed with Plato's view of art as mere imitation, instead arguing that art could teach morality and universal truths through imaginative creation. Aristotle believed poetry was superior to history as it explored what may happen rather than just factual accounts.

1. Literary Criticism

2. Greek Critic
-Aristotle

3. Life
 Aristotle (384BC)
 Born in a wealthy family in Methodonias (North Greece)
 He travels to Athens to study under Plato at the famous school
of academy.
 He started teaching Logic and Reasoning and Debate in
academy
 He went to Greece and became a tutor of Alexander, the Great

4.  Aristotle started a school called Peripatetic which means
walking.
 He used to walk while teaching. So he named this school as
Peripatetic.
 He criticizes Plato’s view on poetry.
 He died in 322BC

5. Theories
 A) Syllogism – in technical terms syllogism means argument.
I like rainbow colors, rainbow has red color, so he likes red
color.
 B) Ideas of causality – relationship between two events
Situation : you call me I didn’t pickup your call.
You may think that I’m busy with cooking or sleeping or driving
without knowing the fact we ourselves connecting the situation.

6.  C) Ideas of mean (average): middle between the extreme.
To lead a virtuous life man should have moderate life
Courage is good but extreme courage leads to over confidence.

7. Plato vs Aristotle
Art is mere imitation
and deceptive. He
equating painting with
chair he says art is not
good because it is twice
remove from reality.
 Though it is imitation, it is
imaginative creation. Poet
drawing material from
physical world and create
something new. He equated
art with music and he says
that painting imitates common
color. As music poetry also
has meter and rhythm. He
says that music is closer to art.
It is not a copy closer to
reality

8. Plato vs Aristotle
 Poetry encourages passion
and emotions to rule over
intellect.
 Art is useless
 Art leads to immorality
 He says that it will
encourages but its good and
art is also intellectual.
 It is natural that learning from
imitation. So imitation is
good rather copying is bad.
 He says every successful
drama will teach morality.

9. Poetry is better than history
HISTORY
 What had happened? – about
kings, wars, etc.
 Particular incident – like
movement, revolution.
 Factual in nature – like
newspaper which gives
information.
POETRY
 What may happen?- anything
that cannot be predictable
 Universal truth – accepted by
everyone.
 Philosophic in nature –
appeals to mind and emotion.

10. Works of Aristotle will be
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