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ENGL 4710

The Making of British Comedy

We will be reading seven texts that trace the development of literary humor in Britain:

  • Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (selections)
  • Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Jonson, Bartholomew Fair
  • Austen, Pride and Prejudice
  • Wodehouse, Code of the Woosters
  • Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy & The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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