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Deconstruction vs Parody - What's the difference?

deconstruction | parody |

As nouns the difference between deconstruction and parody

is that deconstruction is a philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis while parody is a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

As a verb parody is

to make a parody of something.

deconstruction

English

Noun

(wikipedia deconstruction) (en noun)
  • a philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis
  • The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.

    • Related terms

    * deconstruct

    parody

    English

    (wikipedia parody)

    Noun

    (parodies)
  • A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
  • * Macaulay
    • The lively parody which he wrote was received with great applause.
  • (archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a parody of something.
    • The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.

    See also

    * satire / satirize * pastiche

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