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SoSe 21: Comedy on Screen

Brett Mills

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This course explores key developments in media comedy from the birth of mass media to the present day. We will consider the status of the comedy in American culture and relevant broader debates associated with television studies, film studies and media studies. We will also map the ways in which media humour responds to and reflects specific social and historical contexts and explore examples across the breadth of comedy in media. The course will explore ways in we can study humour and comedy, and how this has been theorised historically, drawing on Humour Theory that can be traced back to Aristotle and Plato. ----- Key to the module is the assumption that comedy is often seen as a ‘lower’ form of culture, and this affects how it is understood within society and the roles it often plays. Debates about comedy are persistent and highly charged, encompassing notions of free speech, offence, and the power of language and communication. The course will equip you to engage with such contemporary debates, and encourage you to see media comedy as a particular cultural form that, while often seen as illegitimate or problematic, is instead a vital social phenomenon with particular mechanisms and functions. Schließen

13 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Mo, 12:00 - 14:00 13 Termine

Mo, 12.04.2021 12:00 - 14:00

Dozenten:
Prof. Dr. Brett Mills