Ever since Gilgamesh had immortalized his life adventures in that still-living epic, men and women throughout ages have been trying to pour their experiences into literature, dreaming of eternal existence. Each writer walks the road with an inexhaustible voice that distinguishes them from mortal creatures and from each other. Whether doing prose or poetry, writers convey their view point or their voice through various devices that constitute their distinct writing style that speaks with authority and is always authentic and consistent. The writer's voice or the literary style resembles the style of clothes people wear; as people choose clothes to express themselves, so do writers choose lexis, grammar, and cohesive links added to other literary
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In this sense, each writer has his/her own way of writing which, disregarding differences of topics or purposes, distinguishes him/her from other writers. Examining or recognizing authorial styles related to meaning has enabled many writers and critics to write pastiches and parodies that enriched the literary heritage. To start with, a pastiche is any work of art that respectfully imitates the style of another artist or artists without ridiculing it. In literature, it is an example of intertextuality, because the text cannot occur without the original that is being imitated. Sometimes, they do mimic many different sources simultaneously. Lexically, the word pastiche comes first from the Italian word pasticcio, which later became pastiche in French, and refers to a pie or pâté with diverse ingredients (1). It also occurs in other forms of art, such as film and music. Doing pastiche, the writer establishes a juxtaposition, a meeting between arrangements inside the prose and expectations outside it. However, as a literary value, pastiche rarely becomes famous or unique itself; it is only viewed as uncreative …show more content…
Parodies can target celebrities, politicians, authors, a style or trend, or any other interesting subject. The term parody is derived from the Greek phrase parodia which referred to a type of poem which imitated the style of epic poems but with mockery and light comedy. (1) What distinguishes parody from other serious forms of boring criticism of politicians, artwork, or celebrities, is the ability to criticize and question features, characters, or plot points which are weak, silly, strange, using a harmless sense of humor.
The first example is from 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. While the second example is from 'Pride and Prejudice with Zombies' by Seth Grahame-Smith: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.
Grahame-Smith provides readers who enjoy zombie stories with a tweaked parodic version of Austen’s
In this sense, each writer has his/her own way of writing which, disregarding differences of topics or purposes, distinguishes him/her from other writers. Examining or recognizing authorial styles related to meaning has enabled many writers and critics to write pastiches and parodies that enriched the literary heritage. To start with, a pastiche is any work of art that respectfully imitates the style of another artist or artists without ridiculing it. In literature, it is an example of intertextuality, because the text cannot occur without the original that is being imitated. Sometimes, they do mimic many different sources simultaneously. Lexically, the word pastiche comes first from the Italian word pasticcio, which later became pastiche in French, and refers to a pie or pâté with diverse ingredients (1). It also occurs in other forms of art, such as film and music. Doing pastiche, the writer establishes a juxtaposition, a meeting between arrangements inside the prose and expectations outside it. However, as a literary value, pastiche rarely becomes famous or unique itself; it is only viewed as uncreative …show more content…
Parodies can target celebrities, politicians, authors, a style or trend, or any other interesting subject. The term parody is derived from the Greek phrase parodia which referred to a type of poem which imitated the style of epic poems but with mockery and light comedy. (1) What distinguishes parody from other serious forms of boring criticism of politicians, artwork, or celebrities, is the ability to criticize and question features, characters, or plot points which are weak, silly, strange, using a harmless sense of humor.
The first example is from 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. While the second example is from 'Pride and Prejudice with Zombies' by Seth Grahame-Smith: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.
Grahame-Smith provides readers who enjoy zombie stories with a tweaked parodic version of Austen’s