English 347 - Seminar: Funny Women: Race, Gender, Humor, and Writing

Sem: Funny Women

Spring
2025
01
4.00
Ambreen Hai

F 9:25 AM - 12:05 PM

Smith College
ENG-347-01-202503
Seelye 105
ahai@smith.edu
This course focuses on how women from minoritized communities (British South Asian, African American, Asian American) deploy humor in their writing. How do they use various kinds of humor and comic strategies to question, critique, challenge, subvert, surprise, satirize, undo expectations, change minds, build understanding, build community, or reassert control? What boundaries do they have to cross? How can they reach broader, diverse audiences, and effect progressive cultural change through the use of humor? In what ways is humor a literary technique? In addition to fiction and memoir, the class also studies a range of secondary readings on humor and humor theory. Restrictions: Juniors and seniors only. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required.

[CE] JR/SR only

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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