Theories of Mimesis
Part of Literature, Culture, Theory
- Author: Arne Melberg, Universitetet i Oslo
- Date Published: April 2011
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Mimesis, with its connecting concepts of imitation, simile, and similarity, has been cited since classical times in the exploration of the relationship between art and reality. In this major study Arne Melberg discusses the theory and history of mimesis through narratological analysis of texts by Plato, Cervantes, Rousseau, and Kierkegaard. Moving away from the relatively straightforward 'representation of reality' ideas in Erich Auerbach's Mimesis (1946), Melberg brings the concept of mimesis into the context of the literary theories of de Man and others. Theories of Mimesis is a strenuously argued account of language and time, charting the movement of mimesis from the Platonic philosophy of similarity to modern ideas of difference.
Read more- Major study by world expert on topic central to literary and theoretical study
- Important updating of work of Auerbach, bringing together history and theory, philosophy and literature
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- Date Published: April 2011
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511884344
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Introduction: rehearsal and repetition
1. Plato's 'Mimesis'
2. Cervantes' 'Imitación'
3. Rousseau's 'Reverie'
4. Kierkegaard's 'Gjentagelse'
Index.
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