Mimesis in Contemporary Theory: The literary and the philosophical debateMihai Spariosu John Benjamins Publishing, 01.01.1984 - 317 Seiten After almost two hundred years of relative obscurity mimesis finds itself again in the limelight of Western theoretical discourse. In the Anglo-American tradition, mimesis or imitation regained some prominence, at the turn of the century, through S.H. Butcher s translation of and introduction to Aristotle s "Poetics," and, in the thirties, through the work of the Chicago school, also centered around Aristotle. More recently, mimesis looms large in the work of Auerbach, Burke and Frye. But it is only in the past decade or so, with the publication in France of the work of Barthes, Derrida, Girard, Genette, and some of their collaborators, that mimesis has again become an object of heated controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. The present collection is designed not only to bring fresh points of view to the current debate, by drawing in other theoretical developments beside the Anglo-American and the French, but also to explain why mimesis has so stubbornly haunted our civilization. |
Inhalt
The Mimetic Bias in Modern AngloAmerican Criticism | 1 |
T W Adorno and the Modern Impasse of Critique | 27 |
Mimesis and Contemporary French Theory | 65 |
The Interrelation of Fiction and History | 109 |
Mimesis as Play | 141 |
The Model in Artistic Practice and Critical Theory | 172 |
Layers of Stylistic Mimesis | 201 |
On the Refraction of Texts | 217 |
Mimesis Mediation and Counterfeit | 238 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adorno Anglo-American Arcadia Arcadian fiction Aristotle artistic representation attempt auctor audience becomes Berosus Biedermeier century classical concept of mimesis contemporary context counterfeit critical critique culture deconstruction Derrida dialectic discourse discussion eclogues elements essay example fact function genres Girard human ideal ideological imagination imitation implies interpres interpretation Jacques Derrida kind language Leavis linguistic literary literary theory literature logical means mediation mimetic bias mimetic desire mimetic mechanism mode modern nature negation original pastoral poetry phantasy philosophy Plato play poem poet poetic political possible poststructuralists power-principle present principle rationality reader reality refracted text refraction relation René Girard representational sign rhetorical role Romantic Romanticism sense Shepheardes Calender shepherds signified similar simulation situation sourcebook Spenser Speyer stance structure subversive mimesis Symbolist textual theory thing tion tradition translation truth turn Ulenspiegel variable Virgil Nemoianu Walter Benjamin words writing