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==Study groups==
 
==Study groups==
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'''Group A:'''
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*Architha Bommena
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*Anna Gardner Herren
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*Ava Sweeney
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'''Group B:'''
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*Daisy Hudson
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*Josh Mellott
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*Kate Paras
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'''Group C:'''
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*Alex Landgraf
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*Logan Busbee
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*Marguerite Sprain
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'''Group D:'''
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*Mary Elizabeth Martin
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*Sam Sompayrac
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*Zachary Foley
  
 
== Texts & resources ==
 
== Texts & resources ==

Revision as of 14:32, 17 August 2022

Blount 301 Funny Story is a seminar taught in the Blount Scholars Program by Jeremy Butler, professor emeritus of television and film, the University of Alabama.

Course objectives

Students will learn to:

  1. Critically analyze the function of humor in storytelling;
  2. Identify humorous techniques as they are deployed in storytelling; and
  3. Evaluate theories of humor and their application to storytelling media.

Online study guides

Chronological order

List of discussion notes

List of discussion topics

Study groups

Group A:

  • Architha Bommena
  • Anna Gardner Herren
  • Ava Sweeney

Group B:

  • Daisy Hudson
  • Josh Mellott
  • Kate Paras

Group C:

  • Alex Landgraf
  • Logan Busbee
  • Marguerite Sprain

Group D:

  • Mary Elizabeth Martin
  • Sam Sompayrac
  • Zachary Foley

Texts & resources

Books

  • Noël Carroll, Humour: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).

Course outline

Articles and book chapters