The purpose of this website is to analyze the use of humor in different comedies. Each week Thom and I will look at the works of one ancient author and one or more of the films watched in class that week, reporting on the use of visual and verbal humor.
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Author |
Film |
Week 1
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Aristophanes |
3 shorts starring Charlie Chaplin
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Week 2
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Menander |
It Happened One Night
Starring Clark Gable
and Claudette Colberr
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Week 3 |
Terence |
A Night at the Opera
Starring the Marx Brothers
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