Influence of Aristotle on 'Native Son'

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In this essay, the writer examines similarities between Aristotle's 'Poetics' and 'Native Son' by Richard Wright. The writer notes that at the beginning the works do not seem to have much in common, but claims that some of the fundamental principles are shared. The writer points out that chiefly, the novel captures the lived experiences of real people and its plot-structure is animated by the fact that the past inform developments in the present and future.

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At first glance, Richard Wright's Native Son does not appear to have a great deal in common with Aristotle's Poetics. The reason for this is that Wright's master-work is not "poetic" in the conventional sense but rather a novel detailing the anger and alienation of African-America in the first decades of the twentieth century. Be that as it may, Wright's novel does actually share some of the fundamental principles that Aristotle believes comprise the core of good literary, mimetic art.

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