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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.
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-== 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.”
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