parody
genre of imitative work created to mock, comment on or trivialise an original work
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Summary
parody is a genre[1]. parody ranks in the top 8% of genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,678 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: humour[3]
- Commons category: Parody[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Parodies[5]
- Product or material produced: derivative work[6]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Riemann's Music Dictionary[8], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[14], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[15]
- Partially coincident with: persiflage[16]
- Uses: parody[17]
- Practiced by: impressionist[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
Why It Matters
parody has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] parody is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]