Simpsons - episode Bart of darkness: a rear window to the heart of darkness

Authors

  • Brunilda Reichmann Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade (Uniandrade), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
  • Julián Bargueño Mestrado em Teoria Literária pelo Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade. Tradutor e revisor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2014v1n33p325

Abstract

This article focuses on intertextual relations motivated by the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. The novel has inspired the provoking episode Bart of Darkness from The Simpsons series, besides having given rise to an hononymous fim and to another filmic transposition called Apocalypse Now. In order to discuss this network of relations among texts, theoretical approaches proposed by Gérard Genette (2003) and Leyla Perrone-Moisés (1978), as well as Brian McFarlane’s studies on adaptation (1996) have been useful

Author Biographies

Brunilda Reichmann, Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade (Uniandrade), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

Doutorado em Letras pela University of Nebraska in Lincoln (UNL). Pós-Doutorado pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Professora do Mestrado em Teoria Literária do Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade - UNIANDRADE, PR. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. E-email: brunilda9977@gmail.com

Julián Bargueño, Mestrado em Teoria Literária pelo Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade. Tradutor e revisor

Mestrado em Teoria Literária pelo Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade. Tradutor e Revisor nas empresas Yellow DJ Academy, NORIS - Espaço de Arte, Arauco do Brasil S.A. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. E-email: julianbarg@yahoo.com

Published

2014-07-31

How to Cite

Reichmann, B., & Bargueño, J. (2014). Simpsons - episode Bart of darkness: a rear window to the heart of darkness. Cadernos De Tradução, 1(33), 325–340. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2014v1n33p325