Parody is a type of imitation of burlesque characteristics about something or someone, a certain topic, a work of art, among other alternatives.
Imitation of burlesque characteristics that uses irony and humor and is presented in various artistic contexts, preferably
Meanwhile, in the current use of the term, the parody turns out to be a satirical work that mocks and makes jokes about another work, a theme or even an author, through different ironic allusions and the exaggeration of the characteristics that the characters of the original work may present.
Parody is present in different contexts of art, in cinema, on TV, in theater, in literature and even in music; although the resources, whatever the scope, are the same: appeal to irony and exaggeration to amuse viewers, listeners or readers.
Irony and humor are the two elements and spices that can never be missing in a good parody that boasts of such.
Literature, a pioneer in irony, has created rhetorical figures such as irony, which has been traditionally applied in various literary genres and then of course spread to other formats.
The influence of irony in parody
The basic idea of irony is to say something with a double meaning, to make a play on words in which what is said does not coincide with what is communicated.
Nowadays, irony is widely used as a communicational strategy since it allows us to make fun of someone, to satirize them, on the political, social or personal levels.
Laugh at them from this resource, or also at ourselves. There are many people who use irony per se, that is, they laugh or make fun of their own defects because in this way it makes it easier for them to cope with them and because they do not also recognize them before others in a humorous way so that it is not so complex to have to assume them.
The person who handles irony is normally called ironic, and it is usually a personality trait, that is, we can meet people who present it and others who do not.
The same, then, is usually expressed through sarcasm, mockery or double meaning.
Socratic irony and the birth of parody in Ancient Greece
Socrates, one of the most famous and notable Greek philosophers, along with Plato and Aristotle, stood out for his innovative proposal known as Socratic irony, which consisted of asking questions to his interlocutor on duty so that in the course of the talk, the himself, become aware of his own contradictions. Questions that Socrates asked that seemed simple but that when answered allowed to find the inconsistency in the answers.
Originally, parodies appeared in ancient Greek literature and consisted of poems that disrespectfully imitated the contents and forms proposed by other poems.
Precisely in Ancient Greece, poems whose mission was to mock or sarcastically criticize epic poetry were called this way, and for example, we can say that the Greeks were the pioneers in the matter.
The parodies are nourished by elements taken from reality, to give the work precisely realism, a lot of fantasy, and also a certain sophistication when narrating the events.
Currently, parodies are a regular content within some media such as television and cinema, for example, the North American series created by MattGroening, The Simpsons, is a parody of various aspects of average North American reality: the family, the children's entertainers, it is even common to observe the presence of guest artists such as Bono from the pop band U2, or former President George Bush, who appear parodied, with special emphasis on their defects, personal characteristics, tastes, among other issues.
On the other hand, to the classic work of author Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote de la ManchaIt has also been considered a parody of chivalric books and the stereotypes they propose.
