In CSCL 3175, we will think critically about comedy (especially as it shapes visual culture, narrative texts, and social politics), while also sustaining comedy's inherent jubilee. Given the saturation of all levels of our cultural and critical discourse by humor and laughter (from the fine arts to presidential politics), it is more important than ever that we have effective tools for understanding how comedy shapes our thoughts, the stories we tell each other, and our everyday lives and experiences.