From emma to clueless: ironic representations of jane austen1
This essay discusses the constructions and functions of irony in Amy Hecherling’s Clueless (1995), a contemporary and loose filmic adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma (1816). The analysis reveals that Heckerling plays with the intersection of past and present and parodies, through an explicit ironical...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2006-04-01
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| description | This essay discusses the constructions and functions of irony in Amy Hecherling’s Clueless (1995), a contemporary and loose filmic adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma (1816). The analysis reveals that Heckerling plays with the intersection of past and present and parodies, through an explicit ironical look, both Austen’s and our contemporary world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8f6850708f54b1e90925cb124c0e98c2022-12-21T19:11:26ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIlha do Desterro0101-48462175-80262006-04-0105123526310.5007/2175-8026.2006n51p2351366From emma to clueless: ironic representations of jane austen1Genilda Azerêdo0Universidade Federal da ParaíbaThis essay discusses the constructions and functions of irony in Amy Hecherling’s Clueless (1995), a contemporary and loose filmic adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma (1816). The analysis reveals that Heckerling plays with the intersection of past and present and parodies, through an explicit ironical look, both Austen’s and our contemporary world.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/1501IronyParodyAdaptation |
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| title | From emma to clueless: ironic representations of jane austen1 |
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| title_short | From emma to clueless: ironic representations of jane austen1 |
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