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Volume : I, Issue : XII, January - 2012 THE PERVASIVE NATURE OF PARODY: A STUDY D. S. Paricharak DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The form of parody writing has been around for centuries and ceaselessly continues to have a
profound effect on entertainment today. Parodies appear in many shapes and forms. 'Literature, film, the
visual arts, and music all can use parody today to comment on the “world” in some way.' (Hutcheon: 111)
Parodies are extensively used in films as well as in the variety of programmes on radio and television. Parody
basically seeks to enlighten and entertain. The function of entertainment, however, does not cease to be
there. It possesses the instructive values too. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : D. S. Paricharak, (2012). THE PERVASIVE NATURE OF PARODY: A STUDY. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. XII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/660.pdf References :
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