Hugvísindadeild Postmodernism and The Simpsons Intertextuality‚ Hyperreality and Critique of Metanarratives Ritgerð til B.A.-prófs Björn Erlingur Flóki Björnsson bjornfloki@gmail.com Kt. 110982-5779 Maí 2006 Abstract This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons‚ with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality‚ hyperreality‚ and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons‚ some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic
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Postmodernism pp. 6-12 Analysis: Seinfeld and Postmodernism pp. 12-17 Conclusion p.18 Methodology The connection between Seinfeld’s series and postmodernism was reviewed. In order to comprehend the topic it
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Postmodernism is difficult to define‚ because we go through it on a daily basis. Some would say it began in the 1950’s‚ and others say it began with the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Postmodernism is characterized by a variety of elements that question the reading experience. Postmodern authors celebrate this by using humour and absurd experiences to create a bizarre alternate reality. The different elements that are used throughout postmodernism stories include magic realism‚ metafiction
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Postmodernism and film This chapter will demonstrate the ways in which Jean Baudrillard’s and Fredric Jameson’s accounts of the postmodern have had a significant impact on the field of film studies‚ affecting both film theory and history. The most influential aspects of each theorist’s work are outlined in the first two sections. The first section focuses on two key texts by Baudrillard: Simulations and America‚ while the second addresses Jameson’s famous article “Postmodernism and Consumer
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time to eat anything at all. One thing is for sure – breakfast is the most ambivalent meal in college life. Some prefer to skip breakfast all together‚ while some just grab something small as they walk out the door – is there really anything wrong with that? We’re putting “the most important meal of the day” under the microscope‚ discovering what it means in the context of a busy college schedule (Palladino‚ 2012). The importance of breakfast consumption has been researched and analyzed for many
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and sat. Fat. Using the charts in your notebook from Lesson 04.02 and the Protein Chart from this lesson‚ analyze each food in the following breakfasts and then choose the healthiest option to be prepared for you today at Club Web. Give at least five reasons to support your choice. If you would like to add a food‚ be sure to tell why. A good breakfast would consist of a plate of Eggs with ham on the side with a cup of coffee that contains skim milk. The eggs are a good source of Vitamin A. The
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storytelling vs pragmatic truth-seeking. The discursive basis of social theory. Sociological Theory. 9:154-168 Bauman‚ Z Bauman‚ Z. (1992). Intimations of postmodernity. Routledge‚ London. Best‚ S. (1994). Foucalt‚ postmodernism and social theory. In Dickens‚ D. & Fontana‚ A. (ed) Postmodernism and Social Inquiry. Guildford Press‚ New York. Boorstin‚ D. (1992). The image: a guide to pseudo-events in America. Vintage‚ New York. Cohen‚ E. (1988). Authenticity and commodification in tourism. IAnnals of Tourism
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The twentieth century has been marked as a time of great suffering and advancement in human history. One product of this dynamic time is the theory of postmodernism. According to Thomas McEvilley‚ postmodernism happened in America after people started to realize that history was cruel and that people were not really progressing much. This directly discredited the pre-existing theory of modernism which took its ideology from the three pillars: progress‚ hierarchy of cultures‚ universals. McEvilley
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What started as a departure from modernism‚ which is understood in art and architecture as the project of refusing traditions to try something entirely new and unique‚ Postmodernism is characterized as the straightforward denial of philosophical viewpoints. Grundberg defines it as a “reflection of the conditions of our times.” Post modernists try to dissolve the traditional boundaries between art‚ architecture‚ popular culture
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Feminism and Postmodernism: An Uneasy Alliance http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/benhabib-seyla/uneasy-alliance.htm Source: Feminist Contentions. A Philosophical Exchange‚ Seyla Benhabib‚ Judith Butler‚ Drucilla Cornell‚ Nancy Fraser‚ with an introduction by Linda Nicholson. Published by Routledge.‚ pp. 1-16. 1. The Feminist Alliance With Postmodernism A decade ago a question haunted feminist theorists who had participated in the experiences of the New Left and who had come to
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