The Republic

by Plato

The Republic: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

Plato's Republic was originally written around 375 B.C.E. The Republic is a work of philosophy, more specifically a Socratic dialogue. Indeed, the story is a fictional conversation between Socrates and many interlocutors, and philosophical arguments are advanced and refuted by the characters over the course of their conversation. While the specifics of The Republic are widely considered by scholars to be fictionalized, Plato was in fact a student of Socrates and is one of the best and only surviving sources on Socrates's teachings.