From emma to clueless: ironic representations of jane austen1

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2006n51p235 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 p...

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Main Author: Genilda Azerêdo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2006-04-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/1501
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Summary:http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2006n51p235 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.
ISSN:0101-4846
2175-8026