HSEM2042H
HSEM 2042H - Jewish Humor: Seriously Funny from Text to Stage to Screen (3 Cr.) Race, Power, and Justice US, Honors
University Honors Program (10150)
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HSEM 2042H - Jewish Humor: Seriously Funny from Text to Stage to Screen (3 Cr.) Race, Power, and Justice US, Honors
Course description
In the U.S. the comic world has been so dominated by Jewish writers and performers that the "People of the Book" have come to be known as the "People of the Joke." A 2013 Pew Research poll showed that for American Jews, a sense of humor is essential to their Jewish identity, more important than ritual or the observance of traditional religious commandments. While surveying a broad range of humor in print, on stage, and in films along with classical Jewish texts including the Torah and Talmud, students will learn about the historical and cultural contexts that make such humor not only possible, but existentially necessary, a serious business indeed. And we'll accomplish all this while laughing hysterically.
No prior knowledge of Jewish history and culture is required or assumed.
No prior knowledge of Jewish history and culture is required or assumed.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
A-F - A-F Grade Basis
Discussion
Requirements
000571
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
03115
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Race, Power, and Justice in the United States
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Periodic Spring