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mock-heroic

n. a satirical imitation of heroic verse

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Mock-heroic

Mock-heroic, mock-epic or heroi-comic works are typically satires or parodies that mock common Classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature. Typically, mock-heroic works either put a fool in the role of the hero or exaggerate the heroic qualities to such a point that they become absurd.

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This comic epyllion belongs, in all but specific mock-heroic reference, to a different literary genre, that of Aristophanes and Aesop, comedy and fable.

The mock-heroic mingles witha variety of other terms: comic-epic, mock-epic, travesty, burlesque, parody, hudibrastic poem, and Menippean satire.