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'''Blount 301 Funny Story''' is a seminar taught in the [https://blount.as.ua.edu/ Blount Scholars Program] by [[wikipedia:User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]], professor emeritus, the University of Alabama.
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'''Blount 301 Funny Story''' is a seminar taught in the [https://blount.as.ua.edu/ Blount Scholars Program] by [[wikipedia:User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]], professor emeritus of television and film, the University of Alabama.
  
 
== Course objectives ==
 
== Course objectives ==
  
 
Students will learn to:
 
Students will learn to:
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#Critically analyze the function of humor in storytelling;
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#Identify humorous techniques as they are deployed in storytelling; and
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#Evaluate theories of humor and their application to storytelling media.
  
 
== Online study guides ==
 
== Online study guides ==
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===Course outline===
 
===Course outline===
 
*[https://bit.ly/b301f22 Schedule of topics and screenings]
 
*[https://bit.ly/b301f22 Schedule of topics and screenings]
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===Articles and book chapters===
 
===Articles and book chapters===
  
 
[[Category:BUI301F2022]]
 
[[Category:BUI301F2022]]

Revision as of 19:43, 14 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:

  1. Critically analyze the function of humor in storytelling;
  2. Identify humorous techniques as they are deployed in storytelling; and
  3. Evaluate theories of humor and their application to storytelling media.

Online study guides

Chronological order

List of discussion notes

List of discussion topics

Study groups

Texts & resources

Books

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

Course outline

Articles and book chapters