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A '''parody''', in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of [[humor]]ous or satirical imitation. | A '''parody''', also called a '''spoof''', a '''satire''', a '''send-up''', a '''take-off''', a '''lampoon''', a '''play on''' ('''something'''), or a '''caricature''' in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or [[poke]] fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of [[humor]]ous or satirical imitation. | ||
As the literary theorist Linda Hutcheon (2000: 7) puts it, "parody...is imitation with a critical difference, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Another critic, Simon Dentith (2000: 9), defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice." | As the literary theorist Linda Hutcheon (2000: 7) puts it, "parody...is imitation with a critical difference, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Another critic, Simon Dentith (2000: 9), defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice." | ||
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A parody, also called a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satirical imitation.
As the literary theorist Linda Hutcheon (2000: 7) puts it, "parody...is imitation with a critical difference, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Another critic, Simon Dentith (2000: 9), defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice."
Parody may be found in art or culture, including literature, music, and cinema. Parodies are colloquially referred to as spoofs or lampoons.
See also
the Wiktionary free dictionary.
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Parody ]
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