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Mock-epic, form of satire that adapts the elevated heroic style of the classical epic poem to a trivial subject. The tradition, which originated in classical times with an anonymous burlesque of Homer, the Batrachomyomachia (Battle of the Frogs and the Mice), was honed to a fine art in the late.
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Burlesque, in literature, comic imitation of a serious...
- Burlesque
A mock-epic is a satirical or parodic form of literature that imitates the style and conventions of epic poetry to treat trivial subjects with grandiosity.
Mock-epic poetry is a literary genre that infuses satire into well-known classical works to convey new observations about contemporary culture and modern social issues.
Mock epics are literary works that parody or mock the stereotypes of Classic epic poems. They do so by mimicking the lofty and elegant writing style of epic poems while writing about trivial and non-heroic issues and characters that generally do not need such grandiose treatment.
A mock-epic is a satirical form of poetry that uses the style and conventions of epic literature to treat trivial or mundane subjects in a grandiose manner. This genre often highlights the absurdity of its subject by employing elevated language, formal structure, and grand themes, which are juxtaposed against the triviality of the content.
Mock epic. A poem that plays with the conventions of the epic to comment on a topic satirically. In “Mac Flecknoe,” John Dryden wittily flaunts his mastery of the epic genre to cut down a literary rival.
A satirical form that produces ridicule and humour by the presentation of low characters or trivial subjects in the lofty style of classical epic or heroic poems. Almost invariably a poem in heroic couplets, the mock‐epic typically employs elevated poetic diction (which Pope said should generate ‘pompous expressions’), focuses on a single ...
