ENGL 20
Humor Writing Winter 2020

Cross-listed MATH 20
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What is humor? The dichotomy inherent in the pursuit of comedic intent while confronting the transient nature of adversity can ratchet up the devolving psyche’s penchant for explication to a catastrophic threshold, thwarting the existential impulse and pushing the natural proclivity for causative norms beyond the possibility of pre-situational adaptation. Do you know what that means? If so, this is not the course for you. No, we will write funny stuff, day in and day out. Or at the very least, we will think it’s funny. Stories, essays, plays, fiction, nonfiction, we’ll try a little of each. And we’ll read some humor, too. Is laughter the body’s attempt to eject excess phlegm? Why did Plato write dialogues instead of monologues? Who backed into my car in the Sawyer parking lot on the afternoon of March 2, 2019? These are just a few of the questions we will not explore in this course. No, we won’t have time because we will be busy writing. (But if you know the answer to the third question, there’s a $10 reward.) Plan to meet 6 hours a week, and to spend at least 20 hours a week on the course. No slackers need apply. Produce or become produce. We will put on a reading/performance at the end of winter study.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 15
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: at least 10 pages of writing and a final performance
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: based on writing samples
Materials/Lab Fee: approximately $50 for books
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENGL 20 MATH 20

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