Parody
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist: Parody 1 key example

Definition of Parody

A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually for comic effect. Parodies can take many forms, including fiction... read full definition
A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually for comic effect. Parodies can... read full definition
A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually... read full definition
Chapter 3
Explanation and Analysis—Parish Boy's Progress:

The full title of the novel, Oliver Twist, Or, the Parish Boy's Progress, is an allusion to John Bunyan's wildly popular Pilgrim's Progress (1678). Bunyan's text describes the trials its main character, the aptly-named Christian, undergoes on the way to the Celestial City. Christian's trials are an allegory for the spiritual trials all Christians must undergo on the way to heaven.