A philosophical study of the term simulation in literary criticism

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Lecturer of Literary Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Criticism King Faisal University - Department of Arabic Language Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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The research deals with a philosophical study of the term simulation in literary criticism, as it is one of the basic pillars of critical and philosophical thought. The research focuses on the development of the concept of simulation among Greek philosophers, especially Plato and Aristotle, who presented the critical and philosophical foundations related to this concept. The research aims to analyze how artistic works and their nature arise based on simulation, as well as to reveal the differences between the visions of philosophers and their impact on literary criticism. The researcher relied on description and analysis in his approach, which enabled him to present an integrated study that includes the different dimensions of the concept.
The researcher began by studying the concept of simulation according to Plato, who considered it an imitation of the ideal world, and Aristotle, who considered it an imitation of nature and reality, thus highlighting the differences between the two philosophies and their critical and artistic interests. It became clear that with the development of modern critical approaches - such as structuralism and post-structuralism - the concept of simulation has taken on a new role in examining literary texts; as the focus shifted from imitating nature to representing language and meaning in literary texts, and how texts respond to cultural and social patterns. Thus, the concept of simulation develops from a tool for understanding works of art to a tool for examining the interaction between texts and their cultural environments.
 

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Journal of the Faculty of Arts
Volume 85, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
July 2025 Issue: Social Sciences and Languages
July 2025
Pages 1-30

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