%0 Journal Article
%@ 1412-3509
%A Hidayatullah, Danial
%D 2009
%F digilib:22582
%I Fakultas Adab dan Ilmu Budaya UIN Sunan Kalijaga
%J ADABIYYAT
%K mitos; superhero; bioskop Amerika; budaya  populer.
%N No. 1
%P 171-194
%T HOMER SIMPSON:  PROTOTIPE SUPERHERO BARU AMERIKA
%U https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/22582/
%V Vol.8
%X Hollywood films as one of America’s prominent industries  that influence world’s popular culture can be seen as a  cultural discourse. Movie as a popular literature conveys its  message in its own unique ways. Myth is one of its  messages. This study tries to reconstruct the myth of  popular American superhero through an interesting new  movie: The Simpsons. How the new type of hero is  manifested is analyzed in this study to find out the  continuities or changes in American’s collective dreams so  that the new American perspective over heroic mythologies  can be understood. Basically this study analyzes as well the  possibilities of the meanings conveyed by the media.  Textual analysis is conducted to understand not only the  meanings of the myth of the superhero perceived by the  audience but also the American characters inside the myth.  The Simpsons seems to offer a new type of hero’s myth,  which is very distinct from the previous type of popular  superheroes as in Batman, Superman, or Spiderman.  Kata kunci: mitos; superhero; bioskop Amerika; budaya  populer.