#conceptual stagnation
- Self-pastiche — The act of self-pasticheing and its result; a structural process or artistic manifestation marked by the faithful, yet unoriginal, reproduction of one's own creative style from the past. In critical analyses, the phenomenon of self-pastiche is often labeled as sterile mannerism, indicating a moment when an author no longer evolves conceptually, but prefers to clone their own formal successes to meet market or public expectations.