The Language of the Postpostmodernist City: Futurama’s New New York City
Keywords:
city, prospective, science fiction, Futurama, television series, parody
Abstract
In order to exemplify the literary functioning of the prospective fiction, television series Futurama is chosen, and more precisely the city of New New York, which represents the parody of the real New York and therefore the parody of every big occidental city. The functioning of the parody of the prospective city is being analyzed starting from the theories of Viktor Shklovsky, Walter Mignolo and Paul Ricoeur, which are related to the metaphorization and the processes of defamiliarization and semantization. Starting from these theoretic principles the city in general and especially its urban elements are analyzed. Each of the main characters is used as a representative of these elements based on its relations to the city itself.Downloads
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Published
2012-05-23
How to Cite
Moreno F. Á. y Palibrk I. (2012). The Language of the Postpostmodernist City: Futurama’s New New York City. Ángulo Recto. Revista de estudios sobre la ciudad como espacio plural, 4(1), 105-122. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANRE.2012.v4.n1.39284
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