Tag: Social World

• December 13, 2011

  An Auerbachian theory of literary style and social change

  Can one deduce a theory of literary style and social change from Erich Auerbach’s book Mimesis? Yes, and not with too much straining. One could think of a new style as coming into being and becoming settled in four distinct moments. The First Moment: Doxa. The style (or suite of styles: I will use the singular…