Introduction+to+Comedy


 * **Curriculum Resources:** Below, you will find a number of resources from around the web that will help you discuss comedy in an informed and informative way.
 * **Here's the Funny!:** In keeping with our improvised, conversational study of comedy in class, you may also use our "Here's the Funny!" page as a posting area. This may include posting articles, pictures, and/or videos that you find online. The only conditions are these: 1) all posted material must exercise good taste and a sense of what is appropriate for a forum that acts as an extension of our classroom and 2) every post must be followed by a brief attempt at analysis that identifies at least one clear (and preferably meaningful!) reason why the posted material is funny. Have at it!

Below is a lengthy list of essays and other resources on comedy. Read as many as you can while still reading well. There is no specific reading requirement. The purpose is to be well-informed, so either print and annotate the articles or take good reading notes.
 * __Curriculum Resources__**

[|The Comedic Ladder and other comic devices]

   A Table on Tragic v. Comic Visions  Essay on the comedy of Aristophanes  Essay on Roman comedy (Plautus and Terence)  LONG essay on Greek and Roman comedy  Short description of Commedia dell'Arte  Essay on Shakespearean comedy  Another essay on Shakespearean comedy  Essay on Restoration comedy  Essay on Comedy of Manners  Brief description of Victorian satire  