Definition
Mimesis is a term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a wide range of meanings, including imitatio, imitation, similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry, the act of expression, the act of resembling, and the presentation of the self.
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idealFeminist aestheticsFictionFiction writingFictional cityFictional countryFictional locationFictional universeFigure of speechFilm adaptationFirst-person narrativeFlarf poetryFlash fictionFlashback (narrative)FlashforwardFocal characterFoil (narrative)FolkloreForeshadowingForm of the GoodFormal causeFormalism (art)Formula fictionFound footage (appropriation)Found objectFound poetryFour causesFourth wallFrame storyFrancis Hutcheson (philosopher)Franz BrentanoFreytag's PyramidFriedrich Adolf TrendelenburgFriedrich NietzscheFriedrich SchillerFuture tenseGabriel TardeGamebookGazeGeneration of AnimalsGenius (literature)GenreGenre fictionGenre studiesGenus–differentia definitionGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorge OrwellGeorge SantayanaGeorges BatailleGestapoGilles DeleuzeGiorgio VasariGlossary of rhetorical termsGolden mean (philosophy)Good and evilGothic doubleGothic fictionGrammatical moodGrammatical tenseGuna peopleGustave FlaubertGuy DebordGyörgy LukácsHamartiaHans Urs von 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