Pastiche

The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic genre. The word has two competing meanings, both discussed below.

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In much current usage, the term denotes a literary technique employing a generally light-hearted tongue-in-cheek imitation of another's style; although jocular, it is usually respectful (as opposed to parody, which is not).

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For example, many stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, originally created by Arthur Conan Doyle have been written since Conan Doyle's time as pastiches. David Lodge's novel The British Museum Is Falling Down (1965) is a pastiche of works by Joyce, Kafka, and Virginia Woolf. Much fan fiction is pastiche.

Literary technique: Works of fiction use certain techniques to tell a story. This is called literary technique or literary device. It is related to the concept of literary genre. For example, one of the first modern novels, Pamela by Samuel Richardson, used the epistolary technique, which gave birth to the epistolary ...

Parody: In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it....

Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes (1854–1957, according to William S. Baring-Gould) is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is famous for his prowess at using logic and astute observation to solve cases....

Pastiche related Images and Photos (experimental)

Rustic Pastiche I

Rustic Pastiche II