What is the content of representative theory?

The "representative theory" has always been an influential viewpoint in the history of western literary thought. This view holds that art is an imitation of reality, and later it is considered as a reproduction of social life. Aristotle in ancient Greece was the first person in the history of human thought to clarify aesthetic concepts in an independent system. He thinks that art is an imitation of reality. He first affirmed the authenticity of the real world, thus affirming the authenticity of the art of "imitating" reality. At the same time, Aristotle further believes that the "imitation" function of art makes art even more real than the real world it "imitates".