Download Faten El-khaldi`s presentation on Horace.

My name: Faten kayed El-khaldi.
No: 22011997
Presentation about Horace.
Presented to : DR. Ayman El-hallaq.
Outline:
About Horace.
 The subject of poetry.
 Function of Poetry.
 Language and Diction of Poetry.
 Poetry& panting.
 The role of imagination.
 Feelings.
 Appropriateness .
 Form and content matched.
 Views on Drama.
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Horace
A Roman lyric poet, satirist, and
critic Horace (Quintus Horatius
Flaccus) was born in Apulia, Italy,
in 65 B.C. His father, an Italian
Freedman, sent Horace to the
finest school in Rome. He then
studied literature and philosophy
in Athens.
His Ars poetica ( a Latin phrase
meaning “the art of poetry.”). In it,
Horace expressed his own rules
for writing poetry . It deals with
the art of poetry under three
heads:
a) Poesis or the subject-matter
b) Poema or form, and,
c) Poeta or the poet.
The subject of poetry :
For Horace, The poet should know his
limitations and choose a subject within his
power and appropriate to his gifts.
Function of Poetry
To Plato : seeking the ideal.
To Aristotle : achieving catharsis through pity
and fear.
To Horace : creating beauty.
Language and Diction of Poetry
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Following Aristotle, he also emphasizes
the right choice of words and their
effective arrangement in composition. A
poet is free to use both familiar and new
words.
The language of poetry should be different
from the language of common people.
Poetry& panting:
Horace equates poetry with painting .They
are not merely imitation, it also a creative
imagination .
- Poetry and painting are kind of imagination.
- Painting needs to be beautified by color and
poetry needs to be beautified by words.
The role of imagination
Poetry is a kind of imagination not imitation. The
poet is free to indulge their fancy , to use their
imagination but they should remain true to life.
Feelings
‘It is not enough for poems to have beauty; they
must also be pleasing and lead the listener’s
soul whither they will. If you would have me
weep, you must first express grief yourself.
Appropriateness
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Appropriateness of words:
The words come and go like the leaves of a tree.
The words need to be used in proper places
according to the nature of the words . Poets
should use familiar words in quite different way
from the language of common people it should
be magnified.
Appropriateness of meter:
Each type of poetry must have it's own
appropriate meter ex. Ode is appropriate to
hymns.
Form and content matched:
The style should be proper. By proper, he
means that the trivial and serious matters
should not be written in the same way, the
treatment of serious matter should not be
in trivial form. Therefore, form and content
should be matched.
Views on Drama
Horace studies drama under three heads :
• Plot: should be borrowed from familiar material;
the chorus should be an integral part of the plot.
• characters: should behave consistently and
naturally;
• Style: iambic metre was most suitable for
drama. Dramatic speech should observe
propriety : it should suit the character, its sex, its
age; its moods.
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