#self-pastiche

• To self-pastiche — To consciously or unconsciously imitate one's own style, themes, motifs, or creative techniques used in previous works; to create a pastiche of one's own artistic structures, repeating successful formulas without introducing real aesthetic innovation. Unlike self-parody, which carries a caricatural and subversive intent, the act of self-pastiche tends to maintain the original tone and mannerism, often becoming a sign of creative exhaustion or fixation within a comfortable formula.
• 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.
• Self-pastiched — Having been imitated or reproduced by its own author in a manner that copies the style, themes, or techniques of their previous works; a text, painting, style, or creator in a state of structural self-imitation lacking a real contribution of aesthetic novelty. In a critical context, it describes a work that reprises successful formulas from the past, maintaining the original formal appearance without adding a fresh conceptual vision.