Pool 8: The Wise Fool
Semester | Spring Term 2019 |
Dates | 10:00 - 18:00 o'clock |
ECTS | 3 |
Kunsthochschule Universität / Haute Ecole |
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste |
Website | intern.zhdk.ch/?vorlesungsverzeichnis&semester_id=151058&cc_page_id=-1987&course_id=199653 |
Teacher | Leila Peacock |
Contact email for student applications |
studium.dkm@zhdk.ch |
Content description | This seminar will take as a departure point the figure of the wise fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear to examine some of the functions of humour in art and the possible intersections between the preoccupations of the comedian and the artist. We will discuss different styles and strategies of humour and the different forms and function jokes can take, as well as a discussion of satire and its paradoxes and the politics of humour. From the absurd, slapstick, caricature, spoof, parody and irony to dark comedy, what makes people laugh, what is the role of laughter, what does our humour say about who we think we are at any given time, and how do artists use and abuse the power of the comedic in their work. |
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