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Showing 1 to 20 of 157 for “"parody"”.
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Genres of Parody: Autofiction, Horror, and the Contemporary Novel
… I call Digital Autofiction and Weird Horror. Parody here is re-contextualized in the contemporary moment to reflect a mode of genre engagement that decidedly moves away from postmodern associations of irony, pastiche, and fragmentation. Instead, I conceptualize and engage with a notion of …
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Parody and nostalgia : contemporary re-writing of Madame White Snake
… in 1993, titled, Green Snake. Green Snake is a parody of Madame White Snake written from the perspective of Little Green, the servant of Madame White and an auxiliary figure in the tradition. The novel is also an autobiography of Little Green, who satirically criticizes the story of Madame White …
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OMNIA VINCIT AMOR: parody and tone in Ovid's Amores 3.11a&b
… the poem has often been deemed simply a playful parody of or variation on the Catullan theme: that is, insincere and not at all serious. Few have considered the possibility that in 3.11 we ought to take Ovid more seriously than elsewhere. I aim to show that there is good reason to do so: that the …
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"Modern Primitive: Parody, Ambivalence, and Paradox in Paul Colin's Le Tumulte Noir"
… The double-coding of meaning presented by parody, calligrams, and self-division are central to this analysis of Colin’s representations of the “Charlestonesque epidemic” in Jazz Age Paris. Images from Le Tumulte Noir are nearly ubiquitous in literature on the Parisian Jazz Age, and this …
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Collapsing the Secret Self: Thackeray's The History of Pendennis as a Performative Parody
<p>By collapsing the distinctions between private and public as he presents individual interiority as yet another performance, Thackeray’s <em>The History of Pendennis</em> undercuts disciplinary individualism, so that performances are not the product of social regulation but rather are as genuine …
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"A Study of Parody Settings Based on a French Chanson ""Je Suis Desheritee"
… not the sole force behind the process known as parody technique, new versions of popular compositions were in constant demand. This dissertation explores the numerous elaborations, both sacred and secular, based on the chanson Je suis desheritee from its initial publication in 1534 through the …
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Parody and Burlesque in the Work of A. S. Pushkin: A Critical Study
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Satire and Synthesis: Parody and Satire of Victorian Education in the Works of Lewis Carroll
… Lewis Carroll reveals significant instances of parody, pastiche, and satire on these styles of education and their corresponding reform. Unlike traditional satire, however, Lewis Carroll’s satire does not simply criticize these targets, but utilizes a strategy of synthesis to illustrate …
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Parody and pastiche in the use of popular culture in the evangelistic practices of Korean churches
… simulacra that only communicate a hyper-gospel. Parody, by contrast, is a creative production that makes of Christianity and popular culture a new, culturally hybrid form with the capacity for building a robust relationship between Christianity and popular culture. Parody can play a positive role …
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Comedy on the Borders: Negotiations of *Class Through Parody on the Nineteenth-Century New York Stage
Beginning with the surprising success of opera parody in 1839 at Mitchell's Olympic Theatre, the burlesque genre exploded from near-total obscurity to become one of the primary entertainments of nineteenth-century America. Opera parody made the Olympic profitable in a financially and socially …
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Twitter and the body parodic : global acts of re-creation and recreation
This dissertation investigates Twitter parody accounts as a form of social critique and linguistic play across English, Japanese, and Arabic-one that is collaboratively created by the users, policymakers, and architects of Twitter. Together, apart, and in different constellations with governments …
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Parody and the pen: Pippi Longstocking, Harriet M. Welsch, and Flavia de Luce as disrupters of space, language, and the male gaze
<p>In opposition to a literary tradition of damsel-in-distress female characters, Astrid Lindgren’s <em>Pippi Longstocking</em>, Louise Fitzhugh’s <em>Harriet the Spy</em>, and Alan Bradley’s <em>The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie</em> provide examples of empowered, intelligent, and capable …
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Bach's Mass in B minor: An Analytical Study of Parody Movements and their Function in the Large-Scale Architectural Design of the Mass
… limited number attempt to explain Bach's use of parody technique or unity in the whole composition. This thesis focuses on understanding three primary concerns in regards to the Mass in B minor: to comprehend how preexistent material was adapted to the context of the Mass, how this material …
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Parodija ir pastišas posovietinėje Juozo Erlicko prozoje /
The bachelor‘s thesis “Parody and Pastiche in the Post-Soviet Prose of Juozas Erlickas” examines the expression of parody and pastiche, the relationship between them, and the nature of the relationship with the hypotexts in the prose of Erlickas. Due to the breadth of the topic, this work also aims …
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An analysis of György Ligeti's Nonsense Madrigals
… compositional style in these works include the parodying of compositional techniques from the 14th century as well as the rhythmic provocativeness of jazz. The use of parody in these works is compatible with Ligeti’s choice of texts which includes literary parodies by Lewis Carroll. In Chapter …
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