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parody
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From: World Encyclopedia
Date: 20050101
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parody
Work in which the characteristics of artists or their works are imitated and exaggerated for comic effect. While parody exists in music and the arts, it is most commonly associated with literature. The tendency of parody to follow hard on the heels of distinctive work means that it has often served to question, consolidate and extend original advances in form, style or subject. Among 20th-century writers who have employed parody are Max Beerbohm, James Joyce , and Stephen Leacock.Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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