Thursday, 2 December 2010

Postmodernism: parody and pastiche

Parody:
-more aggressively satirical
-refers to existing texts
-rewritten and adapted for comic purposes
-usually silly

Pastiche:
-a literary exercise
-an imitation of an individual style/genre
-hodge/podge- work cobbled together in imitation of several original texts
-paying respect to work
-more serious
-hommage

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