Sökning: "television sitcoms"
Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden television sitcoms.
1. Gender differences in swearing in American sitcom: types and reasons
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : The essay is a study on gender differences in the use of swearing on television. Data collected for the thesis is from the American sitcom Shameless. The work of Lakoff (1975) on women’s language and Stapleton’s (2010) study done on gender differences on the use of expletive in both genders are drawn on as the theoretical considerations. LÄS MER
2. Stereotypes in British Comedy : An Analysis of Open All Hours and The Good Life
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i HalmstadSammanfattning : The aim of this work is to analyse how the comic effect is constructed from a series ofstereotypes that characterize the British sitcoms of the 1970s and 1980s. It is based on thewriter´s hypothesis that British television situation comedy in the second half of the twentiethcentury depended heavily on depicting mythical stereotypical characters in British society andconfronting these with aspects of modernity, especially in relation to the relaxation of sexualmores and the erosion of class distinction. LÄS MER
3. Language Change in "The Simpsons"?
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerSammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
