Parody is 'mimicking' or copying a style of work of a writer/artist and exaggerating it.
Pastiche:
An artists/writers work that imitates someone's work.
Linda Hutcheon believes that parody is the answer to help us consider how design relates to the outside world. She claims that postmodernism is a parody of modernism. "Its Contradictory dependence upon independence from the modernism that both historically preceded it and literally made it possible" (Huctheon, L, 1989,). This means that without modernism there wouldn't be postmodernism. Hutcheon argues that postmodernism is both parody and pastiche as "It is incorporated and modified, given new life and meaning." (Huctheon, L, 1989). Therefore, postmodernism rejects modernism but without the existence of modernism there wouldn't be an existence of modernism.
Fredric Jameson believes that both parody and pastiche are very different and not the same. Parody is replaced by pastiche and therefore just imitates past work. "postmodernism is pastiche and celebrates what it is imitating "Pastiche is, like parody, the imitation of a peculiar or unique, idiosyncratic style, the wearing of a linguistic mask, speech in a dead language. But it is a neutral practice of such mimicry, without any of parody's ulterior motives, amputated of the satiric impulse, devoid of laughter"(Jameson, p17). Jameson believes that parody is replaced by pastiche and that it is just an imitation of the styles of the past.
The two tones of voices are very different. Hutcheon tone of voice is a lot more positive saying that parody is similar to pastiche however parody is more of a mockery. Whilst Jameson was very more strict and said that there is no way that the two could be the same for post modernism.
Examples of what I have understood to be parody and pastiche.
Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill - A pastiche of kung fu and other mixed martial arts styles.
A clear parody of the Mona Lisa by Duchamp (on the right)
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