Classicism in the history of criticism: Theory and practice

Authors

  • Nabil Araújo Rio de Janeiro State University image/svg+xml
  • Thiago Santana Universidade de Minnesota

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.i33p86-104

Keywords:

criticism , classicism , topics

Abstract

We propose a review of the analysis of the different trends of classicism between the 16th and 18th centuries in the context of the history of criticism. If, on the one hand, the study of this period was deemed as an “antiquarian task” by the historiographic proposal of René Wellek due to the similarity of the sources and principles that underlie the reception of the texts, we argue that the common textual origin is not capable of ensuring the contortions to which the classical doctrine was subjected. To demonstrate this, we will examine the relationship between the criteria for the elaboration and appreciation of poetry, as exposed by the treatises and arts of poetry from that period, and the classical authorities whose ideas they claim, in the light of a reassessment of the Aristotelian notion of topics.

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Author Biographies

  • Nabil Araújo, Rio de Janeiro State University

    Doutor em Estudos Literários pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Professor de Teoria da Literatura na graduação e na pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

  • Thiago Santana, Universidade de Minnesota

    Thiago Nunes Santana é estudante de doutorado na Universidade de Minnesota, mestre em Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures (2022) pela mesma instituição, mestre em Teoria da Literatura e Literatura Comparada (2020) pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e, também por esta, bacharel em Letras/Literaturas Lusófonas (2017). Tem publicado regularmente artigos em periódicos acadêmicos na área de Letras, com particular interesse nas seguintes áreas: Teoria da Literatura, História da Crítica, Classicismo, Literatura Brasileira.

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2022-11-11

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No. 33 (2022): Criticism of criticism

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Araújo, N., & Santana, T. . (2022). Classicism in the history of criticism: Theory and practice . Revista Criação & Crítica, 33, 86-104. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.i33p86-104