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== Online study guides == | == Online study guides == | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 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:
- The course will present analytical methods for understanding how humor functions in film, television, and other media.
- The course will discuss theories of humor.
- The course will introduce students to various makers of humorous stories.
A (mostly) visual analysis
Each student will analyze the visual humor in a short film by Buster Keaton.
View list of Keaton shorts here.
Online study guides
Chronological order
List of discussion notes
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).
