The Simpsons in the classroom
Subtitle: embiggening the learning experience with the wisdom of Springfield
By: Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay.
Contributors: Du Vernay, Denise, 1973-
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780786444908
Subjects: Simpsons (Television program)
Description: ""Like The Simpsons, this book can be enjoyed on multiple levels--both for its trenchant, sociocultural commentary and for its poop jokes. Okay, maybe there aren't so many poop jokes in there. But the trenchant, incisive stuff more than makes up for it"--Robert Siegel, writer-director of Big Fan, Editor-in-Chief of The Onion 1996-2003"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I'm learnding!: an introduction to Simpsonology; title: They have the internet on computers now-a collection of Simpsons resources; title: The composition class: me fail English? that's unpossible!; title: A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man, or the Simpsons and linguistics; title: Literature with a capital L: fiction, poetry, film, theater; title: The Simpsons and the outside world: culturally literate and socially significant; title: The Simpsons class: satire and postmodernism.