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Reality, Realism and Mimesis

Jean-pierre Durix

subject

Aestheticsmedia_common.quotation_subjectPhilosophyReplicaIllusionMiddle PassagePhilosophical realismRealismmedia_common

description

In any discussion of a literary work, ‘reality’ has no objective existence. It cannot be proven through scientific methods. What can be considered as ‘realistic’ is what is believable. Far from being a mere replica in a mirror, fictional reality is only validated by the readers’ acceptance of artistic illusion.

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230377165_3