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Deceit, Desire, and the Contemporary Novelist I very much…

Deceit, Desire, and the Contemporary Novelist

I very much am enjoying this roundtable with Brandon Taylor, A. Natasha Joukovsky, and Trevor Cribben Merrill and it has very few views so I thought I would share it in case something else finds interesting/helpful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx1Ifof5-5s

They are discussing: Deceit, Desire, and the Novel by René Girard which is a foundational work of literary criticism that introduces his mimetic theory, arguing that human desire is not spontaneous but is instead imitative, modeled on the desires of others (mediators).

A useful definition for myself: Mimetic theory, developed by René Girard, proposes that human desire is not autonomous but imitated from others (mimetic desire), leading to competition, conflict, and societal scapegoating to restore order. It argues we want what others want, creating triangular relationships between subject, mediator, and object.
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