LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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a satiric caricature of the characters
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a drama
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a satiric person
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an allegorical statement
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Detailed explanation-1: -A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which, in turn, is derived from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Burlesque (pronounced ber-lesk) is a style in literature and drama that mocks or imitates a subject by representing it in an ironic or ludicrous way; resulting in comedy. It is a form of the literary genre, satire.
Detailed explanation-3: -burlesque, in literature, comic imitation of a serious literary or artistic form that relies on an extravagant incongruity between a subject and its treatment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty refer to the literary or dramatic forms that imitate serious works or subjects to achieve a humorous or satiric purpose. The characteristic device of burlesque is mockery of both high and low through association with their opposites: a burlesque of high and low life.