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== Mimesis == | |||
Mimesis is a Greek word meaning imitation or representation. It originates from the root word mime, which means an imitator, a mimic actor. "Mimesis is a dramatic entertainment among the ancient Greeks of Sicily and southern Italy and the Romans, consisting generally of farcical mimicry of real events and persons" (Barnhart 770). | Mimesis is a Greek word meaning imitation or representation. It originates from the root word mime, which means an imitator, a mimic actor. "Mimesis is a dramatic entertainment among the ancient Greeks of Sicily and southern Italy and the Romans, consisting generally of farcical mimicry of real events and persons" (Barnhart 770). | ||
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== Works Cited == | |||
Auerbach, Erich. ''Mimesis, The Representation of Reality in Western Literature.''Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1953. | Auerbach, Erich. ''Mimesis, The Representation of Reality in Western Literature.''Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1953. | ||