mock heroic
/mɑk hɪˈroʊɪk/
noun
- A literary work or style that is mock-heroic in nature.
- He wrote a mock-heroic about a spilled cup of tea.
- The mock-heroic of the 18th century often satirized social conventions.
- The author specialized in mock-heroics, turning everyday events into grand epics.
adjective
- Relating to or denoting a style of literature that treats a trivial or ordinary subject in a grand, heroic, or epic manner, often for humorous or satirical effect.
- The writer's mock-heroic tone made the simple story of a lost key seem like an epic adventure.
- Alexander Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock' is a famous mock-heroic work.
- The poem uses a mock-heroic style to describe a battle between two cats.