mimesis
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- noun
- /mɪˈmiːsɪs/
- Literature
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mimesis
- The painter's use of color and texture was a stunning example of mimesis, capturing the essence of the scene.
- magical mimesis
- literary mimesis
- artistic mimesis
Interestingly enough, what we have here is mimesis at a higher level.
- Interestingly enough, what we have here is mimesis at a higher level.
- There are many different sorts, a mimesis of action.
- But in terms of mimesis, there actually has been empirical work done on this.
Examples
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Involved is the very nature of artistic representation—mimesis—and its potential betrayal of life.
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Linda Hutcheon refers to this representational concept of the novel as "mimesis."
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But in terms of mimesis, there actually has been empirical work done on this.
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For this reason, Mimesis has recently been studied as a historical phenomenon in its own right.
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In Taussig's terms, the magic of mimesis does not stop with the creation of the figure.
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But Genet is not interested in the mimesis of mutual or self-deception.
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Clearly, then, the imitation we are dealing with goes beyond representational mimesis.
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Modernist discontinuity tended to be grounded in mimesis and realism.
Fiction book (1999) -
Buffon defines specieshood as a principle of reproduction compounded by resemblance, a sort of reproductive mimesis.
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Recent conferences at Stanford and Groningen commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of Erich Auerbach's Mimesis (1946).
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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A thing that repeats an idea or style from something earlier
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3.5
A thing made to look like something real to trick people
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Copying someone's voice, face and actions to entertain or trick people
A style in art, writing, or drama that tries to show real life
Copying someone's actions or words to make fun of them
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mimesis comes from a Greek word mimos meaning 'imitator', and it is the same idea behind the English words mime and mimic. So in art and literature, mimesis means making something that copies or shows real life.