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For example, Devitt (1991) examined how the various genres of letters composed by tax accountants refer to the tax codes in genre-specific ways. [34] In another example, Christensen (2016) [35] introduces the concept of intertextuality to the analysis of work practice at a hospital. The study shows that the ensemble of documents used and ...
A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture).
This re-appropriation of established texts, resources, and artistic properties to tell a story or make a statement is an example of a semiotic phenomenon known as intertextuality or resemiosis. [6] A more common term for this phenomenon is " parody ", but not all of these intertextual productions are intended for humor or satire, as ...
Two fundamental characteristics of internet memes are creative reproduction and intertextuality. [4] Creative reproduction refers to the adaptation and transformation of a meme through imitation or parody, either by reproducing the meme in a new context ("mimicry") or by remixing the original material ("remix").
For example, postmodern sensibility and metafiction dictate that works of parody should parody the idea of parody itself. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Metafiction is often employed to undermine the authority of the author, for unexpected narrative shifts, to advance a story in a unique way, for emotional distance, or to comment on the act of storytelling.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (2009) is a parody novel by Ben H. Winters, with Jane Austen credited as co-author. It is a mashup story containing elements from Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility and common tropes from sea monster stories.
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Literary parody, as seminally defined by Linda Hutcheon, is in fact respectful. It is indeed, innately respectful, for in the act of parody one assumes that the text parodied is worth the attention. So, when Rushdie parodies Dickens on the first page of Midnight's Children, for example, it is not necessarily a mocking or disrespectful gesture.