Definition The best definition that I could find for Mimetic Criticism is Mimetic criticism judges the literary work based in terms of the truth of its representation of the reality of the world and of human life and character ID: 342864
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Mimetic CriticismSlide2Slide3
Definition
The best definition that I could find for Mimetic Criticism is:
Mimetic criticism judges the literary work based in terms of the "truth" of its representation of the reality of the world and of human life and character.Slide4
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Explination
Mimetic criticism is very general and vague, so often times you need to look for a deeper or underlying meaning of the piece in order to properly criticize it. The goal of analyzing a piece using mimetic criticism is to find the underlying connections to the real world.Slide7
Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams It's
Californication
It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
It's understood that Hollywood
sells
Californication
Pay your surgeon very well To break the spell of aging Celebrity skin is this your chin Or is that war your waging
The song is realistic from the very beginning when it mentions people dreaming of being stars basically and it would require “Californication” to get this. I.E. Going to Hollywood.
In this paragraph it speaks about the amount of plastic surgery that is happening these days so that people may look younger to fit the expectations society has on them. However, in the end its just a pointless war you are fighting with yourself.Slide8
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of
Californication
Dream of Californication
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
It's
Californication
Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres Singing songs off station to station And Alderon's
not far away It's Californication
Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population everybody's been there
and I don't mean on vacation
This portion of the song, which is the chorus, does not seem to have any real life connections at all.
In this paragraph we see a common portrayal of an unrealistic Hollywood dream. It all eventually leads up to the inevitable “Californication”.
This portion of the song still keeps with very realistic portrayals of Hollywood and our perception of things. It tells us that what we see in things is not always what it really is. It also can be interpreted in a way that things that are generally seen as unobtainable are available through “
Californication
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Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
They're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world From
Californication
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what you're craving
This portion of the song shows that sometimes, bad things need to happen for new and better ones to happen. I see this in a sense a reflection on things like drug abuse that we often see in Hollywood. I see this primarily because in the case of the artists of this song, their drug abuse and recovery from it greatly effected their work and not necessarily in a
bad way.Slide10
This song overall fits the definition of mimetic criticism perfectly. It portrays the world and many people within it incredibly accurately. It describes the “Hollywood” lifestyle and mindset to a T. It does stray off occasionally, however, overall it is a very realistic piece that links directly to the real word and its issues.
The song itself speaks primarily of the “Hollywood” lifestyle. It does not necessarily put it out to be a good or bad thing, however it does seem to mention both sides. When using mimetic criticism you are primarily looking at the truth behind the piece’s connections to reality. The truth behind the connection in this piece can be seen every day in multiple forms of media.Slide11