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Students will learn to:
 
Students will learn to:
#Critically analyze the function of humor in storytelling;
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#The course will present analytical methods for understanding how humor functions in film, television, and other media.
#Identify humorous techniques as they are deployed in storytelling; and
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#The course will discuss theories of humor.
#Evaluate theories of humor and their application to storytelling media.
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#The course will introduce students to various makers of humorous stories.
  
 
== Online study guides ==
 
== Online study guides ==

Revision as of 18:22, 18 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. The course will present analytical methods for understanding how humor functions in film, television, and other media.
  2. The course will discuss theories of humor.
  3. The course will introduce students to various makers of humorous stories.

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