Humor: A Reader for Writers
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Author Description
Read. Write. Oxford.From Jerry Seinfeld's legendary standup to Kristen Wiig's sidesplitting impersonations, Humor: A Reader for Writers explores the key patterns and features within numerous comedic sources in order to show how jokes work. This survey looks at comedy in a variety of genres including popular media, academic essays, personal narratives, fiction, and poetry.Developed for the freshman composition course, Humor: A Reader for Writers includes an interdisciplinary mix of public, academic, and cultural reading selections, providing students with the rhetorical knowledge and compositional skills required to participate effectively in discussions about humor.Humor: A Reader for Writers is part of a series of brief single-topic readers from Oxford University Press designed for today's college writing courses. Each reader in this series approaches a topic of contemporary conversation from multiple perspectives.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
How can the mechanics of humor be analyzed and replicated through the study of diverse comedic forms? Authors Kathleen Volk Miller and Marion Wrenn, both experienced educators in composition and rhetoric, curate this collection to provide students with a framework for understanding the rhetorical strategies behind comedy. By examining a wide range of texts, the authors argue that humor is a structured craft that can be deconstructed and applied to improve student writing and critical thinking skills.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A diverse collection of comedic sources including standup transcripts, academic essays, personal narratives, fiction, and poetry.
- Rhetorical analysis tools designed to help students identify patterns and features within comedic writing.
- Interdisciplinary reading selections that bridge the gap between popular media and academic discourse.
- Compositional exercises aimed at developing the skills necessary to participate in scholarly discussions about humor.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Educators frequently utilize this text as a foundational resource for freshman composition courses to engage students with accessible yet analytical material. Experts highlight the book's effectiveness in teaching rhetorical analysis through the lens of contemporary cultural topics.
Page Count:
288
Publication Date:
2014-12-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199362688
ISBN-13:
9780199362684
Humor
Non-Fiction
Authorship
Education
Wit and humor
Composition
Writing
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