ENGL 14
Humor Writing and Analysis Winter 2019

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In this class we’ll hijack the tools of fiction writers, dishonor the genre of memoir, perpetuate the problem of fake news and push the bounds of taste in memes. You’ll write something for every class, and most of your writing will be discussed in a workshop format. You’ll also submit written reflections on the required text, Just the Funny Parts by Nell Scovell and make an oral presentation analyzing a specific work that you consider an example of comic excellence. We’ll discuss what kind of relationship thinking people should have with sexist, ethnic and religious humor. And we’ll talk quite a bit about postmodernism. Hey, it’s an English class. Adjunt Instructor Bio: Eric Randall is a journalist whose work has been published in USA Today, Time, Newsweek and The Washington Post, as well as some reputable publications. He has no particular qualifications for teaching this class but is a firm believer in doing what you can get away with.
The Class: Format: MR 1:30-4:30pm
Limit: 15
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: 2- to 3-page paper; class participation; one group project
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: random selection by registrar with roughly equal distribution of class years
Materials/Lab Fee: cost of books
Attributes: EXPE Experiential Education Courses

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