A Conversation with David Shields B (7-12) Mimesis means mimicry.

7.  Narrative began a lot earlier.

8.

9.  As my father frequently feels compelled to point out when I point out the unoriginality in anything- “There are no original thoughts.”  And as I’m quick to point out to him, “Yes Dad, but that doesn’t mean they have to be repeated word for word.”

10.  See #9

11.  How are you defining storytelling?  Fiction acknowledged as fiction?  I have a problem with referring to the Vedas of 1,400 b.c. being the earliest stories told.

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