A semiotic analysis of the recreation of “the raven” in the simpsons

Authors

  • Sílvia Maria Guerra Anastácio Universidade Federal da Bahia – UFBA
  • Célia Nunes Silva Universidade Federal da Bahia – UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2014v1n33p229

Abstract

The present article analyzes the episode The Raven from the The Simpsons series, inspired by the homonymous poetic text by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1845. This episode dialogues with a well known classic of the American literature, which, when transposed to animation, brings new meanings to Poe´s text and this intersemiotic translation is able to provoke discussion about such reinterpretation. It is worth investigating how signs of the source culture from the nineteenth century have been translated into those of the target culture from the twentieth century; or to seek traces of irony in this intertextual dialogue with allusion to myths, deities, and figures from classical antiquity.

Author Biographies

Sílvia Maria Guerra Anastácio, Universidade Federal da Bahia – UFBA

Professora Titular do Instituto de Letras da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Doutorado em Comunicação e Semiótica pela PUC-SP (1998) e Pós-Doutorado em Literatura Comparada pela UFMG (2003). Universidade Federal da Bahia – UFBA. Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. E-email: smganastacio10@gmail.com

Célia Nunes Silva, Universidade Federal da Bahia – UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

Professora do Departamento de Neurociência e Saúde Mental da FAMEB/UFBA e Supervisora da Residência Médica de Psiquiatria do Complexo HUPES/UFBA. Doutorado em Medicina pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (1997). Universidade Federal da Bahia – UFBA. Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. E-email: celianunessilva@yahoo.com.br

 

 

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Published

2014-07-31

How to Cite

Guerra Anastácio, S. M., & Nunes Silva, C. (2014). A semiotic analysis of the recreation of “the raven” in the simpsons. Cadernos De Tradução, 1(33), 229–246. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2014v1n33p229

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Vol. 1 No. 33 (2014): Edição Regular (Dossiê Os Simpsons: Tradução Intersemiótica e Cultura)

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Dossiê de Tradução

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