MIMESIS AND LITERARINESS: (SKETCH OF AN) INVESTIGATIVE TRAJECTORY

Abstract

This article aims a reflection about the terms mimesis, created by Aristotle and literariness created by Russian formalists. While in Aristotle mimesis comes (erroneously) synonym of imitation, being too a pillar of theory of literature, on the other hand literariness shows off as an study of all that turns a certain work literary. However, sketching an trajectory of their evolution we note that mimesis and literariness concern in some aspects: they worry about the literary object once that Aristotle didnt define mimesis as being imitation of reality but being an imitation of mens action, focusing his worrying into poisis, in other words in poetic make, as the Russian formalists made changing the investigation angle to literary work itself.

Keywords

• mimesis
• literariedade
• percurso investigativo