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Pastiche
A pastiche (/pæˈstiːʃ, pɑː-/)[1][2] is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists.[3] Unlike parody, pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking it.[4]
The word pastiche is the French borrowing of the Italian noun pasticcio, which is a pâté or pie-filling mixed from diverse ingredients.[3][5][6] Its first recorded use in this sense was in 1878.[7] Metaphorically, pastiche and pasticcio describe works that are either composed by several authors, or that incorporate stylistic elements of other artists' work. Pastiche is an example of eclecticism in art.
Allusion is not pastiche. A literary allusion may refer to another work, but it does not reiterate it. Allusion requires the audience to share in the author's cultural knowledge.[8] Allusion and pastiche are both mechanisms of intertextuality.
- ^ "pastiche". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
- ^ "pastiche". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ a b Roland Greene; Stephen Cushman; Clare Cavanagh; Jahan Ramazani; Paul F. Rouzer; Harris Feinsod; David Marno; Alexandra Slessarev, eds. (2012). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton University Press. p. 1005. ISBN 978-0-691-15491-6.
- ^ Hoestery, Ingeborg (2001). Pastiche: Cultural Memory in Art, Film, Literature. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-253-33880-8. OCLC 44812124. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary s.v. “pastiche, n. & adj.”, July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1154136639
- ^ Harper, Douglas. "pastiche". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ Harper, Douglas. "pastiche". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Abrams, Meyer Howard; Harpham, Geoffrey (2009). A Glossary of Literary Terms. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-4130-3390-8.
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