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Definition:
A parody is a type of trope which involves taking the structure or content of something
else (possible another work of art, or perhaps some ideology or belief system) and
reshaping to the point where it is still recognizable, but where it also creates a comic
effect.
Often, a parody is created for the purpose of ridiculing the original work, the original author, or those who are fans of the original. Parodies are easy to spot when they use caricature, but parodies can also be much more subtle in an attempt to get people to reconsider commonly held assumptions about society, politics or religion.
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What is Aesthetics?
In philosophy, aesthetics is the study of beauty and taste, whether in the form of the comic, the tragic or the sublime. Aesthetics has traditionally been part of other philosophical pursuits like the investigation of epistemology or ethics. However, it started to come into its own and become a more independent pursuit under Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher who saw aesthetics as a unitary and self-sufficient type of human experience.What is Philosophy?
What is philosophy? Is there any point in studying philosophy, or is it a useless subject? What are the different branches of philosophy - what's the difference between aestheitcs and ethics? What's the difference between metaphysics and epistemology?
