In this article the transition from literary realism (Balzac. George Eliot. Verga) is described as a shift from mimesis to constructivism. It is indicated how the realist confidence in the ability of the writer to represent reality as such yields to a modernist skepticism which recognises the contingent character of all fictional constructs. https://www.spidertattooz.com/OPI-Infinite-Shine-All-Your-Dreams-in-Vending-Machines-ISLT84-p27376/