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This document discusses the use of parody in novels from Don Quixote onward. It argues that novels often establish themselves by deploying parody to debunk alternative genres and their depictions of the world. Don Quixote is cited as the prime example, using extended parody of chivalric romances to ridicule their unrealistic view of the world. Later novels would find more subtle ways to allude to discredited forms through characters

Author

Carl Fitzpatrick

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