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Sep 28, 2024
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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENG 255 - Comedy
This course will survey the richness of American and European comedy from ancient Greek and Roman drama through Theater of the Absurd to the contemporary television sitcom. Students will read, interpret, and apply theories of comedy from Aristotle to Henri Bergson to Larry David. Readings may include: Aristophanes, Plautus, Shakespeare, Moliere, Wilde, Synge, Beckett, Ionesco (and others).
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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