Essays about: "sitcom"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the word sitcom.
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6. Grab Them By The Laugh : An analysis of South Park’s satire on Donald J. Trump and his Presidential Campaign
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to analyse how the American adult cartoon sitcom South Park (Parker & Stone, 1997) is criticising Donald J. Trump and his presidential campaign through the use of satire and the relative tools of satire. READ MORE
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7. Translation of Humour in Media From English Speech to Swedish Subtitles: A Pilot Study of Selected Episodes in the Sitcom Friends
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The aim of this pilot study is to analyse the translation of humour in selected episodes in the American sitcom Friends from speech to Swedish subtitles in terms of linguistic and cultural aspects. The study was conducted qualitatively by choosing several episodes and thoroughly analysing the translation of linguistic and culture-specific features in order to explore what strategies of translation were implemented on different kinds of jokes, noting the constraints of interlingual subtitling. READ MORE
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8. The Representation of Female and Male Characters in Regard to Topic Management in Conversation Investigated in the American TV Sitcom Happy Endings
University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Sektionen för lärande och miljöAbstract : The aim of the present investigation is to find out how male and female characters are represented in terms of topic management and thereafter how dominance or/and cooperation may be achieved by the aid of the topic changes and topic shifts in a conversation. Both male and female exclusive conversations and mixed-gender conversations are investigated in the TV show Happy Endings. READ MORE
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9. New Style in Sitcom : exploring genre terms of contemporary American comedy TV series through their utilization of documentary style
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för studier av samhällsutveckling och kultur; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : Through exploring the use of documentary style in a selection of contemporary American comedy series, this thesis closes in on the question whether texts that stylistically differ from traditional sitcom can still be regarded as part of the sitcom genre. The contemporary American TV series that are being analyzed are The Office, Arrested Development, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Michael J. READ MORE
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10. Language Change in "The Simpsons"?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the possibility of distinguishing a language change in one of our times’ most popular sitcoms, The Simpsons, over a period of twenty years, with a specific focus on the family members, Homer, Bart, Marge and Lisa. Theory: A real-time study of the sitcom The Simpsons will show a language change, and the twenty years of the show’s existence will be adequate time to study the potential change. READ MORE