Mimesis: maximum of information and a minimum of the informer.
Diegesis: a minimum of information and a maximum presence of the
informer
Narrative of Words: The only form of mimesis that is possible (Three types):
ü Narrated speech: is the most distant and reduced (“I informed my mother of my decision to marry Albertine” [exact uttered speech].
ü Transposed speech:in indirect style (“I told my mother that I absolutely had to marry Albertine” [mixture of uttered and narrated speech].
ü Reproduced speech: The most mimetic form is where the narrator pretends that the character is speaking and not the narrator: “I said to my mother: it is absolutely necessary that I marry Albertine