Mimese e mundos possíveis

Abstract

Borrowing thc concept of possible worlds from logic and semantics and using it from a semiotic perspcetive, this paper indicates new ways of analysing mimesis in literature. Little does it matter to the sign wbetber tbc object 10 which it refers exists as mind-dependent or mind-independent: the action of the sign is always the signification of another sigo. his the imitation of an imitation.