- Mixing different styles or genres in one work of art
- Often used to create a sense of irony or parody
Parody
- A work that imitates another work in a humorous or critical way
- Often used to subvert the original work's meaning
Irony
- A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
- Often used to create a sense of humor or surprise
Metafiction
- A fiction that is aware of and draws attention to its own fictionality
- Often used to explore the nature of reality and fiction
Intertextuality
- The presence of references to other works of art in a work of art
- Often used to create a sense of connection or continuity between different works of art
Hypertext
- A text that contains links to other texts, allowing the reader to create their own path through the text
- Often used to create a sense of non-linearity or open-endedness