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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The Simpsons: Laughing at Ourselves Jessica French Professor Jean Graybeal The Existential Imagination 16 October‚ 2003 Comedy gives no better an answer to existential question than any other form of art or literature. It does however‚ give such a familiar yet ironical response‚ that the relief attained is often more satisfying than other medium. Jerry Rannow states‚ “humor is necessary to life.”1 The Simpsons is for many‚ the quintessence of comedy and offers a wonderful philosophical study
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To what extent was Simpson a hero? How have his heroic qualities been demonstrated by other Australians since 1915? “Simpson escaped death so many times that he was completely fatalistic; the deadly sniping down the valley‚ and the most furious shrapnel fire never stopped him... he carried scores of men down the valley‚ and had saved many lives at the cost of his own.”1 “Simpson was a very great favourite with his mates of three field ambulance‚ Simpson carried out a very dangerous mission.” 2
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Once upon a time in the 1980s at around midnight‚ the evil donkeys stole the horse’s hay. So‚ as a result‚ the horses gathered in for a barn meeting to randomly draw a young horse’s name from the age of thirteen through eighteen. The horse that was selected was fated to go and defeat the donkeys and take back the hay that was stolen. When the name‚ “Reo” was called‚ there were many relieved sighs from the surrounding families. All but that is; Reo’s family. Reo‚ a beautiful pinto stallion‚ definitely
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The Simpsons are one of the longest running and most popular television shows. This popularity exists because "the Simpsons [have] always operated on two levels. On one level appealing to children as a fast paced cartoon and then for the older audiences for its wit and [satire]" (Batscha). Satire is the common thread with binds all of The Simpsons episodes. The writers show the absurdity in ordinary everyday situations including religion‚ politics and other social issues. This has been the leading
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Dance-A-Thon Script (Jolie)Welcome everyone and thanks for coming to Youth for Hospice’s third annual Dance-A-Thon. • I’m Jolie Denburg And I’m the President of Youth for Hospice. • I’m Faryn Corey and I’m the vice president of Youth for Hospice (Faryn):We’re all here to raise money for a very important cause—United Hospice of Rockland. (Jolie) In case you don’t know about Hospice‚ Hospice takes care of people who are terminally ill. We also help the families who are taking care
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The Simpsons The Simpsons does more than make us laugh. Do you agree or disagree? Long running animated comedy The Simpsons is known for making its audience laugh at the outrageous antics of its larger than life characters. However‚ The Simpsons does more than just make us laugh. It challenges us to think about issues we deal with on a daily basis such as morality‚ institutional power‚ and politics‚ giving us an avenue in which we can release tension we have built up over such issues through
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to you visually and emotionally. Study the photographer’s work‚ read about his or her background and answer the following questions and incorporate them into your powerpoint presentation. Make sure there are 20 slides of which at least 10 different examples of the artist’s photographs AND ALL INFORMATION MUST HAVE LEGITIMATE SOURCES. 1. NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER: Lorna Simpson "Biography Lorna Simpson Studio." 2008. 21 Mar. 2014 < http://lsimpsonstudio.com/biography.html >
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The OJ Simpson murder trial case is one of the most known famous court cases ever. With OJ being such a popular football star‚ when he was accused of murdering his ex-wife and her friend it blew up all over the media. The cases has been the largest publicized case in United States history. Everyone thought he was guilty for the murder because with all of the evidence it seemed that way‚ well the jury thought otherwise. All evidence pointed at OJ. All through out the investigations there was a
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The Donkey versus the Elephant Phi Nguyen Most people are familiar with the smart and brave donkey‚ and the strong and dignified elephant‚ but many people really do not know what these mascots really stand for. The donkey is a symbol for the Democratic Party‚ and the elephant represents the Republican Party. Although both mascots are mammals that one can find in the circus‚ the similarities of these parties end there and creates a different type of circus in Washington DC. Both parties
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