Stylistics
Parody
Parody is the comic or satirical imitation of the style, subject matter or manner of a certain work, author or genre, in which the recognisable features of the model are exaggerated and reinterpreted for the sake of mockery. Parody rests on the contrast between a high, serious model and its lowered, comic reproduction, laying bare the clichés, weaknesses or pretentiousness of the original. Humorous parody (good-natured teasing) and satirical parody (sharp exposure) are distinguished. Parody is an important genre of comic literature and at the same time a form of literary criticism that reveals the characteristic features of a style through their sharpening. It is closely linked to travesty, burlesque and intertextuality. Historically parody plays a notable role in the renewal of literature, ironically overcoming ossified forms and opening the way to new artistic searches.
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Distinction
Two comic forms by the object of lowering. Parody mocks a CONCRETE work, author or style, exaggerating and reinterpreting its recognisable features. Travesty lowers the HIGH plot or style itself, retelling dignified content in deliberately plain, everyday language (Kotliarevsky's "Aeneid"). Parody targets the model; travesty, the high register as such; both border on burlesque.
