Horace and Indian Aesthetics: A Comparative Study

Abstract

It does not take an Aesthete to make out wherever there is literature, there are thoughts on the same, hence evaluation of literature is just the other face of the coin of literature. The purpose of this paper is to confer different aspects of poetry, the pros and cons of it which has been portrayed by a famous western aesthetic, Horace in his writings. There are instances when the difference between ancient Indian and classical western theories strike irreconcilable but that does not make them poles apart. This paper exposes a comparative study hinged on propriety, causes, purposes and limitations of poetry of ancient Indian aesthetics with the ideas conveyed by Horace.