BUI301 Funny Story

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, during the fall 2022 semester.

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.

Course assignments

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1. A (mostly) visual analysis
2. A (mostly) verbal analysis
3. A comic piece

Online study guides

List of discussion notes

List of discussion topics

Study groups

Group A Archi Bommena Gardner Herren Ava Sweeney

Group B Daisy Hudson Josh Mellott Kate Paras

Group C Alex Landgraf Logan Busbee Marguerite Sprain

Group D Mayeth Martin Sam Sompayrac Zachary Foley

AV clusters

Group 1 Mayeth Martin Ava Sweeney Daisy Hudson

Group 2 Archi Bommena Zach Foley Josh Mellott

Group 3 Logan Busbee Sam Sompayrac Alex Landgraf

Group 4 Kate Paras Gardner Herren Marguerite Sprain

Texts & resources

Books

• Noël Carroll, Humour: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).

Course outline

• Schedule of topics and screenings