BUI301 Funny Story

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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

  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.

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

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