Fall 2017  |  CSCL 3175 Section 001: Comedy: Text and Theory (17411)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 110
Course Catalog Description:
Comedy as a discursive/political practice. Jokes, stand-up routines, plays, films, satire, and social ritual. Philosophical, literary, psychological, anthropological, feminist, and postmodern theory.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?CSCL3175+Fall2016
Class Description:
Comedy is not necessarily the same as being funny. Comedy is also not necessarily the polar opposite of tragedy. Comedy can please, but comedy can also hurt. Comedy can support a status quo, but also violently subvert it. Comedy can be a discourse, a metadiscourse, a philosophy, even a way of life. What is it, then? Where can we find it and why? This course will provide discussions and definitions of the comedic, as well as close examinations of its various incarnations in texts of drama, literature, philosophy, television and film. Throughout the semester, we will examine questions such as: How can we trace the often hidden movements and allocations of power in the comedic? What kinds of pleasures does the comedic allow? When does comedy hurt and why? What are the crosspolinations between the political and the comedic? Laughter, the joke, satire, irony, sarcasm, the carnivalesque, the grotesque and transgression will be some of the many important terms we will cover, aiming not only to define them, but more importantly, to see and understand them at work in key environments.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17411/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
22 October 2015

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