Mimesis
From Narrative
Mimesis refers to an imitation of nature, or the practice in writing of "showing" instead of "telling."
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Definition
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Examples
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Critical Debates
"Showing, enacting (as opposed to telling, recounting)" (Prince 52) -Gerald Prince, Dictionary of Narratology
"Direct presentation of words and actions of characters; often called 'dramatic'" (Martin 124) -Wallace Martin, Recent Theories of Narrative
"The imitation of action by performance" (Abbott 193) -H. Porter Abbott, The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative
References
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