Mimesis (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Erich Auerbach
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Language or languages, Literature, Communication, Writing, Reality, Creative process, Realism, Senses or sensation
Form and Content
Erich Auerbach tackles a formidable topic in his scholarly investigation of the concept of mimesis. The Greek word, translated literally as “imitation,” means for the literary scholar the method by which a writer imitates the real world around him and conveys a sense of that world to the reader. Central to any analysis of the concept is the identification of those elements of the narrative that transmit the sensory environment in which the action takes place. Auerbach offers the following description of the technical function of mimesis in a...
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