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A '''parody''' is a humorous mockery of popular [[song]]s, [[literature]], [[film]]s, or even genres. Parody is often mixed with [[satire]], which attacks the character of individuals through parody.
== Examples ==
[[Johnathan Swift]]'s ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodied the entire genre of travelers' journals, made popular by [[Daniel Defoe]]'s ''[[Robinson Crusoe]].'' It creates absurd stories and lands, and in doing so, mocked sectarian war, the English legal and political system, and the scientists of the [[Royal Society]].
Novels by [[Terry Pratchett]], while based in a fantasy world, parody diverse elements of modern society, from business, to culture, to war.
A number of films mock famous films. For example, the ''Austin Powers'' movies parody the ''[[James Bond]]'' series and Mel Brooks' ''Blazing Saddles'' is a parody of westerns.
''The Onion'' is a popular fake-news newspaper, which creates absurd stories in the style of real reporting.
A fine example of literary parody is “The Modern Hiawatha”, from “The Song of Milkanwatha” by George A Strong. Strong gently mocks the repetitive literary style of Longfellow.
First, a snippet of Longfellow:
::"''He had mittens, Minjekahwun,''
:''Magic mittens made of deer-skin;''
:''When upon his hands he wore them,''
:''He could smite the rocks asunder,''
:''He could grind them into powder.''
:''He had moccasins enchanted,''
:''Magic moccasins of deer-skin;''
:''When he bound them round his ankles,''
:''When upon his feet he tied them,''
:''At each stride a mile he measured!''"
Now Strong:
::''”He killed the noble Mujokovis,
:''With the skin he made him mittens,
:''Made them with the fur side inside,
:''Made them with the skin side outside,
:''He, to get the warm side inside,'
:''Put the inside skin side outside:
:''He, to get the cold side outside,
:''Put the warm side fur side inside:
:''That’s why he put the fur side inside,
:''Why he put the skin side outside,
:''Why he turned them inside outside.”
[[Category:Rhetoric]]
[[Category:Liberal Traits]]