Textual Composition

Question 1

What are the stages of writing laid out by Cicero in De Inventione?

Answer 1

Inventio (invention – the discovery of the correct topic), Dispositio (arranging this topic into discourse), Elocutio (style and expression),

Question 2

What does Aristotle’s theory of mimesis imply?

Answer 2

The creation of art directly mimics nature

Question 3

HOw does Dionysus of Halicarnassus’ c1stBC roman theory change mimesis in composition?

Answer 3

Suggests that writing is extension and adaptation of pre-existing literature - NOT copying nature directly
[cp Astrophil and Stella]