Lit. Terms

Initiation Story: A narrative that tells the transformation of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood, telling the results of either a decision that changed everything or a series of experiences.
exp.: Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
This book follows all of Huckleberry Finns adventures down the Mississippi River.

Parody: A humorous interpretation of another persons work. It imitates the tone, language, and shape of the original writing to deflate the subject matter, making the original work seem absurd. Sometimes parody becomes an affectionate acknowledgment that a well-known work has become institutionalized in our culture.
exp.: Peter De Vries’s "To His Importunate Mistress" mocks Andrew Marvell’s "To His Coy Mistress."
The theme for "To His Coy Mistress" is love and time and the theme for "To His Importunate Mistress" is time and money. The language and tone is the same for both but Peter is mocking Andrew Marvell's writing.