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ENG 414 OVERVIEWLINGUISTIC HUMOR AND LANGUAGE PLAY: 

ENG 414 OVERVIEW LINGUISTIC HUMOR AND LANGUAGE PLAY by Don L. F. Nilsen

REQUIRED TEXTS: 

REQUIRED TEXTS Nilsen, Alleen Pace, and Don L. F. Nilsen. Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Humor. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 2000. PowerPoints: Available from Nilsen Web Site: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dnilsen my e-mail is don.nilsen@asu.edu

GRADES: 

GRADES 1. The midsemester examination, Encyclopedia 1-169 2. The final examination, covering Encyclopedia 170-308 FINAL GRADES: PLUS AND MINUS FINAL GRADES WILL BE GIVEN.

HONORS OR GRADUATE CREDIT : 

HONORS OR GRADUATE CREDIT If you are taking this course for honors credit or graduate credit you are required to write a research paper. You are also required to make a 10-15 minute PowerPoint Presentation to the class.

EXTRA CREDIT: 

EXTRA CREDIT For extra credit, you can write a 7-page research paper. For extra credit, you can also make a PowerPoint presentation to the class. If you plan to to a class PowerPoint please see your instructor as soon as possible for scheduling details.

COURSE TOPICS : 

COURSE TOPICS Academic Study of Humor (1-6) Accidental Humor (6-9) Acquisition of a Sense of Humor (9-11) Adaptation (11-13) African-American Humor (14-19) Aging and Humor (19-23) Allusion (23-25) Ambiguity (25-26) American Indian Humor (26-31) Anachronism (31-32) Animation (32-36) Antiauthority Humor (36-39) Architecture (39-41) Art (41-45)

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Black Humor (46-49) Blackface Comedy (49-53) Body Humor (53-56) Business Humor (56-59) Cartoons (60-64) Censorship (64-67) Children’s Literature (67-72) Children’s Television (72-76) Clowns (76-79) Comedian Authors (79-82) Comedy Teams (82-86)

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Comic Books (86-90) Comic Strips (90-95) Comic Zeitgeists (95-97) Computer Humor (97-100) Dialect Humor (101-104) Disabilities and Humor (104-106) Drama (106-111) Erotic Humor (112-115) Ethnic Humor (115-118) Exaggeration (118-119)

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Fiction (120-125) Frontier Humor (125-129) Gay and Lesbian Humor (130-134) Gender and Humor (134-138) Gothic Humor (138-141) Health and Healing (142-145) Hispanic Humor (145-148) Hoaxes and Practical Jokes (149-152) Humorous Essayists (152-157) Humorous Icons (157-159)

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Impersonation (160-162) Implication (162) Incongruity and Surprise (163) International Wordplay (164-165) Internet Influences (165-168) Irony (168-169) Jewish Humor (170-174) Joke Patterns (174-177) Language Play (178-181) Late-Night Talk Shows (181-184)

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Laughter and Smiling (184-186) Legal Humor (186-188) Legal Issues (188-193) Magazines (194-199) Metaphors (199-200) Mimes (200-201) Movies (202-207) Museums (207-210) Music (211-214) Musical Comedians (214-218)

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Paradoxes (219-220) Parody (220-224) Poetry (224-228) Political Correctness (228-230) Politics and Humor (230-234) Pop-Up Books (234-235) Postmodernism (235-238) Puns (238-239) Puppets and Puppeteers (239-243) Put-Downs and Rejoinders (243-244)

Slide13: 

Radio Humor (245-250) Regional Humor (250-253) Religious Humor (253-256) Riddle Humor (256-257) Satire (258-261) Scatology and Obscenity (261-263) School Humor (263-266) Screwball Comedies (266-270) Scriptwriters (270-273) Self-Disparagement (273-274) Silent Films (274-278)

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Sitcoms (278-283) Slang (283-284) Sports Language (284-286) Stage Names (286-287) Stand-Up Comedy (287-291) Stereotyping (291-292) Superiority (292-294) Television (295-300) Understatement (301) Urban Legends (302-303) Vaudeville and Burlesque (304-308) Wit (309-310)

FIRST WEEK: 

FIRST WEEK ENG 414 PowerPoint: 'Overview of ENG 414' Encyclopedia 'Academic Study of Humor,' 'Accidental Humor,' 'Acquisition of a Sense of Humor,' and 'Adaptation' (pages 1-13)

SECOND WEEK: 

SECOND WEEK Encyclopedia 'African-American Humor,' 'Aging and Humor,' 'Allusion,' and 'Ambiguity' (pages 14-26) Encyclopedia 'American Indian Humor,' 'Anachronism,' 'Animation,' and 'Antiauthority Humor' (pages 26-39) Encyclopedia 'Architecture,' 'Art,' 'Black (Gallows) Humor,' and 'Blackface Comedy' (pages 39-53)

THIRD WEEK: 

THIRD WEEK Encyclopedia 'Body Humor,' 'Business Humor,' 'Cartoons,' and 'Censorship' (pages 53-67) Encyclopedia 'Children's Literature,' 'Children's Television,' 'Clowns,' and 'Comedian Authors' (pages 67-82)

FOURTH WEEK: 

FOURTH WEEK Encyclopedia 'Comedy Teams,' 'Comic Books,' 'Comic Strips,' and 'Comic Zeitgeists' (pages 82-97) Encyclopedia 'Computer Humor,' 'Dialect Humor,' 'Disabilities and Humor,' and 'Drama' (pages 97-111) Encyclopedia 'Erotic Humor,' 'Ethnic Humor,' 'Exaggeration,' and 'Fiction' (pages 112-125)

FIFTH WEEK: 

FIFTH WEEK Encyclopedia 'Frontier Humor,' 'Gay and Lesbian Humor,' 'Gender and Humor,' and 'Gothic Humor' (pages 111-141) Encyclopedia 'Health and Healing,' 'Hispanic Humor,' 'Hoaxes and Practical Jokes,' and 'Humorous Essayists' (pages 142-157) Encyclopedia 'Humorous Icons,' 'Impersonation,' 'Implication,' 'Incongruity and Surprise' (pages 157-164)

SIXTH WEEK: 

SIXTH WEEK Encyclopedia 'International Wordplay,' 'Internet Influences,' 'Irony,' and 'Jewish Humor' (pages 164-174) MIDSEMESTER EXAMINATION COVERING ENCYCLOPEDIA PAGES 1-174

SEVENTH WEEK: 

SEVENTH WEEK Encyclopedia 'Joke Patterns,' 'Language Play,' 'Late-Night Talk Shows,' and 'Laughter and Smiles' (pages 174-186) Encyclopedia 'Legal Humor,' 'Legal Issues,' 'Magazines,' and 'Metaphors' (pages 186-200) Encyclopedia 'Mimes,' 'Movies,' 'Museums,' 'Music' and 'Musical Comedies' (pages 200-218)

EIGHTH WEEK: 

EIGHTH WEEK Encyclopedia 'Paradoxes,' 'Parody,' 'Poetry,' 'Political Correctness,' and 'Politics and Humor' (pages 219-234) Encyclopedia 'Pop-Up Books,' 'Postmodernism,' 'Puns,' and 'Puppets and Puppeteers' (pages 234-243) Encyclopedia 'Put-Downs and Rejoinders,' 'Radio,' 'Regional Humor,' and 'Religious Humor' (pages 243-256)

NINTH WEEK: 

NINTH WEEK Encyclopedia 'Riddles,' 'Satire,' 'Scatology and Obscenity,' and 'School Humor' (pages 256-266) Encyclopedia 'Screwball Comedies,' 'Scriptwriters,' 'Self-Disparagement,' and 'Silent Films' (pages 266-278) Encyclopedia 'Sitcoms,' 'Slang,' 'Sports Language,' and 'Stage Names' (pages 278-287)

TENTH WEEK: 

TENTH WEEK Encyclopedia 'Stand-Up Comedy,' 'Stereotyping,' 'Superiority and Hostility,' and 'Television' (pages 287-300) Encyclopedia 'Understatement,' 'Urban Legends,' 'Vaudeville and Burlesque,' and 'Wit' (301-310) Schank, Abelson, and Raskin's 'Script Model Grammar'

ELEVENTH WEEK: 

ELEVENTH WEEK PowerPoint: 'Literary Genres' PowerPoint: 'Names in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter' PowerPoint: 'Names in Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events'

TWELFTH WEEK: 

TWELFTH WEEK PowerPoint: 'The Recycling of Symbols in Political Cartoons' PowerPoint: 'Political Humor' PowerPoint: 'Creativity'

THIRTEENTH WEEK: 

THIRTEENTH WEEK PowerPoint: 'American Pop Language' PowerPoint: 'Similarity Theory' PowerPoint: 'Ethnic Humor'

!FOURTEENTH WEEK: 

!FOURTEENTH WEEK PowerPoint: 'Humor Theories' PowerPoint: 'Indian Humor' PowerPoint: 'Sherman Alexie’s Humorous Names'

!!FIFTEENTH WEEK: 

!!FIFTEENTH WEEK PowerPoint: 'Yann Martel’s Humorous Names in Life of Pi' (if time) PowerPoint: 'Sandra Cisneros’ Humorous Names in House on Mango Street' PowerPoint: 'Louis Sachar’s Humorous Names in Holes' (if time)

!!!SIXTEENTH WEEK: 

!!!SIXTEENTH WEEK REVIEW FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION FINAL EXAMINATION: COVERING ENCYCLOPEDIA PAGES 174-310, and Additional PowerPoints