Timeline for Word for books of sarcastic type
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| Aug 11, 2014 at 8:37 | comment | added | Anoop Alex | Anyway, the specifics are not important. I now have two words to research with. | |
| Aug 11, 2014 at 8:31 | comment | added | Anoop Alex | It's a little hard to tell the difference. I've read that satire is mocking to incite and parody is just for humor. I'm am simply writing a book for humor but on some subtle level, I am mocking the current generation though not really. However, since mockery is not the main basis of my book(simply equating our current lifestyle with things in the world of magicke) I think I will stick to the concept of parody. I do not wish to mock. | |
| Aug 11, 2014 at 7:34 | comment | added | Fattie | Quite right ML, @Erik - I just realised the OP may have been referring to, you know, those actual people who "practice magic" and the like (err .. goths, wickens, whatever!) Sorry about that. | |
| Aug 11, 2014 at 7:31 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | @JoeBlow I wouldn't go as far as saying that the OP has in mind a Harry Potter parody, but it's a plausible (and contemporary) one. If the OP would like to confirm that would be helpful. | |
| Aug 11, 2014 at 7:04 | comment | added | Fattie | User is going to make fun of the fictional "world of magic" .. ie it is a parody of Harry Potter. | |
| Aug 11, 2014 at 5:49 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | @ErikKowal fair and valid point, I offered an alternative answer. However, the OP could be thinking of the Harry Potter series, plenty of wizards, witches, potions and apprentices there to take the mickey out of :) | |
| Aug 11, 2014 at 5:40 | comment | added | Erik Kowal | I wouldn't say this was exactly a wrong answer, but it somewhat misses the mark. This is because a parody is usually (though admittedly not exclusively) taken to refer to a send-up of an artistic work (book, film, play etc.) rather than of a real-life phenomenon. So in the case in point, a parody would lampoon somebody else's artistic treatment of magic and witches, rather than the real-life practices and practitioners. A better answer is lampoon, send-up or satire. (Incidentally, those terms can also be applied to artistic works, which means that they can be applied more widely.) | |
| Aug 11, 2014 at 5:32 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2014 at 5:24 | history | answered | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |