Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Anglisztika Tanszék
- Kód
- BMI-ANGD17-CK3aE.03
- Cím
- Interdisciplinary approaches to humour
- Tervezett félév
- Tavaszi
- Meghirdetve
- 2023/24/2
- ECTS
- 3
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- To gain an understanding of the versatility of humour research To develop critical skills to analyse primary sources in a wider historical and cultural context To investigate humorous materials in view of the most recent developments in Humour Studies
- Tantárgy tartalma
- This course explores the relationship between serious and comic discourses in Humour Studies. After gaining an insight into the richness of interdisciplinary humour research, we will examine sociological, psychological, philosophical, and historical approaches to humour in a variety of genres and sources including literary examples, stand-up and sketch comedy, as well as cartoons/caricatures, among other audio-visual sources.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Grades will be based on: class work (attendance, weekly readings and contributing to class discussions) short weekly homework based on readings and class discussion (2-5 sentences) short presentation (application of research methodology in the analysis of a chosen work)
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Key readings will include: Attardo, Salvatore, ed. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies (SAGE Publications, 2014). Berger, Arthur Asa. Blind Men and Elephants: Perspectives on Humor (Routledge, 2017). Chiaro. Delia. The Language of Jokes: Analyzing Verbal Play (Routledge, 1992). Hart, Marjolein t’ and Dennis Bos. Humour and Social Protest (University Press, Cambridge, 2007). Lockyer, Sharon, and Michael Pickering. Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). Paton, George E.C., Chris Powell, and Stephen Wagg. The Social Faces of Humour: Practices and issues (Routledge, 2018). Raskin, Victor. The Primer of Humor Research (De Gruyter, 2008). Watson. Cate. “A Sociologist Walks into a Bar (and Other Academic Challenges): Towards a Methodology of Humour.” Sociology 2015, Vol. 49(3): pp 407–421.