Pastiche vs Simulacra - What's the difference?
pastiche | simulacra |
A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.
A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
(uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 13, author=Natalie Angier, title=A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family, work=New York Times
, passage=That the genetic code of the platypus proved to be as bizarrely pastiched as its anatomy enhanced the popular appeal of the report, published in the journal Nature. }}
As nouns the difference between pastiche and simulacra
is that pastiche is a work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist while simulacra is plural of simulacrum.As a verb pastiche
is to create or compose in a mixture of styles.pastiche
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(wikipedia pastiche)Noun
(en noun)Verb
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