Word and mimesis: the poetic dimension of word and human expression

Abstract

The essay is developed through a dialogue between two definitions of a human being: Human beings are human beings because they have word (Sheler, Ebner, Ducci) and Human beings are mimetic animals par excellence (Aristotle). From this dialogue emerges the sense of a re-evaluation of the poetic dimension of word for human expression. A fundamental contribution to this re-evaluation of the poetic dimension of word will be provided by the research work developed by the theatre master Orazio Costa Giovangigli who spent his life solving the problem of how to bring the word of an author to life on stage through the interpretation of an actor.