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Parody

Scope note

Use for the form of analytical criticism in which one performance or work of art or literature subversively mimics another work or its style by adapting and inverting its characteristic features, in order to reveal weaknesses, pretensions, or lack of self-awareness in the original.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300055828

Broader Terms used

<artistic devices>

Created

13yrs ago

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