A Comparative Study of Aristotle’s and Confucius’ Views on Literature

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10.2991/assehr.k.211220.432How to use a DOI?

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Aristotle; Confucius; poiēsis; catharsis; form; content

Abstract

Aristotle and Confucius were two great ideologists in the Axial Period. Their interpretive theories of literature have, to varying degrees, become the classic works that lay the foundation for the tradition of literary and artistic criticism in the West and East. A comparative study of Aristotle’s and Confucius’ views will help us to clarify the theoretical core of the development of literature and art in the West and the East. This paper mainly focuses on three core literary viewpoints, production(poiēsis), education(catharsis), and the relationship between form and content of literature, to explore the similarities and differences between Aristotle’s and Confucius’s literary views.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xuemeng Zhang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - A Comparative Study of Aristotle’s and Confucius’ Views on Literature
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2495
EP  - 2499
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.432
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.432
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