Parody consists of the recreation of an existing work, from a predominantly comic.
In addition to comedy, parody can also convey a content critical, ironic or satirical about the parodied work, through changes in the text or image of the original product, for example.
As a rule, parodies are used as tools to discuss controversial issues, but in a relaxed and less tense way.
A parody can be made from a poem, a song, a movie, a play and so on.
THE intertextuality (creation of a text from an existing one) and the intratextuality (references from another text to make a new work) are basic characteristics of parodies.
Initially, parody emerged as a genre of literary composition in the 16th century, with the main representatives the Italian composers Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso, as well as the Spanish Tomás Luis of Victoria.
In Brazil, according to the legislation that regulates copyright (Law No. 9,610, of February 19, 1998), all parodies are valid, as long as they are not identical reproductions of the original work.
"Art. 47. Paraphrases and parodies that are not true reproductions of the original work or discredit it are free".
See also: the meaning of Parable.