ACSI Convention: Teaching Comedy

Listed below are the materials referenced at the November, 2000 ACSI Convention seminar on teaching comedy. Hope they are helpful.

How Comedy Affects Us

Comedy Theory

Comedy Quotes

Comedy-from Brendan Kenny

The Comedic Ladder

The Comic Paradigm

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde-from Brendan Kenny

Satire--From Fowler’s Modern English Usage

Satire and Satirical Devices

Examples of Satire

Comedy Applications

Comedy and Language in Emma

History of Comedy

• Sitcoms
• Calvin and Hobbes