In a literary work, the reconstruction of a certain type of reality is directly assimilated by the readers' mimetic criticism, concerning their experiences in the real world, the present world and the literary world. Various postmodernist writers employ this technique in their writings in an attempt to engage and interact their readers with the realistic ideas they present throughout their work. Reality is presented in different ways, so it essentially influences the reader's perspective regarding an author's interpretation of the real world. For this reason, I will follow Theo D'haen and argue that Nabokov and Calvino synthesize the "real" reality of realism and the "psychological" reality of modernism to redefine a mimetic reality for their readers, examining Theo D'haen's position . haen, the novels: Lolita and In a Winters Night, A Traveler and Gunter Bebauer's position on Mimesis. Theo D'haen, professor at the University of Louvain, summarizes that a postmodernist writer is one who uses a "combination of a certain number of techniques considered innovative and perhaps even transgressive, particularly with regard to all forms of referentiality, whether reference to a “real” reality as in realism or to a “psychological” reality as in modernism” (Theo D’haen 272). Following this explanation, the introspection, interdependence, parody and mimetic reality that readers are exposed to when reading a metafictional piece branch into different interpretations presented by D'haen: a "real" reality and a “psychological” reality. The act of judging any work of art in relation to its representation of reality parallels the reader's assimilation of a mimetic reality, recognized by a physiological milieu...... middle of paper.. ....reality for their readers. This can be expressed through the work of Théo D'haen, the novels of Vladimir Nabokov and Italo Calvino; Lolita and If on a winter night a traveler and through Gunter Bebauer's point of view on Mimesis. The representation of a certain truth and the effect it produces on the audience are directly linked to the way in which the author opts for the mimetic assimilation of his position on reality. There are various qualities attributed to mimesis that authors use to influence how their readers consciously absorb a psychological reality. By ignoring the use of artificial facts throughout their stories, authors sketch a type of verisimilitude to make their idea of ​​the real world known to their readers. Thus, readers have a first-person perspective on how the author presents a mimetic reality that is ultimately assimilated in a psychological and realistic manner..