Poetic Enthusiasm and the Perils of Ethical Mimesis
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
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Výsledek na webu
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.5475447.11" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.5475447.11</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.5475447.11" target="_blank" >10.2307/jj.5475447.11</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Poetic Enthusiasm and the Perils of Ethical Mimesis
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
The paper focuses on Plato's polemical interaction with the oral poetic tradition, targeting its methods and educational impact. The textual background is primarily Plato's Ion.The paper initially sets the issue in a cultural context still dominated by the system of Homeric paideia in Plato's time. Here, it emphasizes the practical-educational dimension of the Homeric epics and their socializing role, implemented through the all-pervasive phenomenon of poetic performances. Next, the paper analyses two interrelated aspects of Plato's criticism against the contemporary practice of transmitting and imprinting cultural values.First, it discusses Plato's objections against the methods of oral poetic communication. In this respect, the paper presents Plato's conception of poetic inspiration, set within a broader framework of poetic performance that assumes a multi-level relationship between Muse, poet, rhapsode, and listener. Plato here develops the notion of poetic enthusiasm and, at the same time, foreshadows poetic reflection based on the concept of poetic frenzy (furor poeticus). Simultaneously, the paper highlights the transformation in understanding poetic competence and expertise that the Platonic conception of enthusiasm implies. This transformation can be seen primarily in questioning poetry's status as techn?, which the Ion, like other passages in the Platonic corpus, grounds by emphasizing its non-rational and non-cognitive nature.Second, the paper elaborates on Plato's questioning of ethical mimesis. In this context, mimesis is not meant in the ontological-epistemological but the psychological-educational sense. The mimetic aspect of poetry is related to the intense emotional charge of the poetic performance, inviting the audience to identify with the experienced narrative and the attitudes of the depicted agents. However, the paradigmatic nature of poetic performance without intellectual grounding appears problematic in Plato's eyes, and Plato's philosophical critique against poetic practice manifests his competitive ambition in the sphere of socio-political and educational impact.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Poetic Enthusiasm and the Perils of Ethical Mimesis
Popis výsledku anglicky
The paper focuses on Plato's polemical interaction with the oral poetic tradition, targeting its methods and educational impact. The textual background is primarily Plato's Ion.The paper initially sets the issue in a cultural context still dominated by the system of Homeric paideia in Plato's time. Here, it emphasizes the practical-educational dimension of the Homeric epics and their socializing role, implemented through the all-pervasive phenomenon of poetic performances. Next, the paper analyses two interrelated aspects of Plato's criticism against the contemporary practice of transmitting and imprinting cultural values.First, it discusses Plato's objections against the methods of oral poetic communication. In this respect, the paper presents Plato's conception of poetic inspiration, set within a broader framework of poetic performance that assumes a multi-level relationship between Muse, poet, rhapsode, and listener. Plato here develops the notion of poetic enthusiasm and, at the same time, foreshadows poetic reflection based on the concept of poetic frenzy (furor poeticus). Simultaneously, the paper highlights the transformation in understanding poetic competence and expertise that the Platonic conception of enthusiasm implies. This transformation can be seen primarily in questioning poetry's status as techn?, which the Ion, like other passages in the Platonic corpus, grounds by emphasizing its non-rational and non-cognitive nature.Second, the paper elaborates on Plato's questioning of ethical mimesis. In this context, mimesis is not meant in the ontological-epistemological but the psychological-educational sense. The mimetic aspect of poetry is related to the intense emotional charge of the poetic performance, inviting the audience to identify with the experienced narrative and the attitudes of the depicted agents. However, the paradigmatic nature of poetic performance without intellectual grounding appears problematic in Plato's eyes, and Plato's philosophical critique against poetic practice manifests his competitive ambition in the sphere of socio-political and educational impact.
Klasifikace
Druh
C - Kapitola v odborné knize
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
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Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2023
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název knihy nebo sborníku
Paideia and Performance
ISBN
978-1-942495-56-7
Počet stran výsledku
18
Strana od-do
107-124
Počet stran knihy
239
Název nakladatele
Parnassos Press
Místo vydání
Siracusa
Kód UT WoS kapitoly
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