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Linked below is Our Story Of The Week - Our Sunday Funnies - Each Sunday another story - Share with us where the story hit your funny bone. See if you can nail the difference between Humor, Wit and Satire. Enjoy our story while together we discover what makes us laugh.
Our links: (All underlined words are links)
Short Story - What happened - Who did it happen to - What are the bigger issues - How does the protagonist change or make you whole because of something he or she says or does.
* How to Identify a Short Story Theme
* What makes a good short story
Humor - laughter - comedy
* Comedy: From Aristophanes to the Present
Wit - "Brevity is the soul of wit," Shakespeare -
* Enlightened Wit in the Age of Reason
* The Meaning of Wit has Undergone Periodic Change...
Satire - Vice or folly attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
* What is the Difference between a Parody and Satire
* Huck Finn is a Satire of the 19th C. American South
* Shapes of Satire
Our Story of the Week
"LUCK" by Mark Twain
* Was there a punch line?
* Did you identify with Scoresby? If so, how?
* Do you think History is affected by Luck?
* Is this story an example of Humor, Farce, Wit, or Satire?
Discussion Leader: BarbStAubrey
BarbStAubrey:
We have started - Pull up a chair and join us - this is our 'Funnies' page -
Our first Humorous short story was - FAST DELIVERY - NO EXPENSE - all on-line - a P.G.Wodehouse - just his name spelled fun - Jeeves in the Springtime
Another addition to our SeniorLearn bounty of discussions.
In keeping with "Learn" that is in our name - "SeniorLearn" - we can become acquainted with how Humor, Wit and Satire work in story telling.
Again, in the heading is the connecting link to Jeeves in the Springtime where we can enjoy this focus on laughter or at least a wry smile.
There will be an opportunity the last few days of each discussion starting in March to get your suggestions in if you have an idea for a story that fits our criteria to be included in the three that are chosen -
Remember the short story must be on-line and it must use Humor or Wit or Satire or all three. So many of the 18th and 19th century authors from Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde and in the 20th C. how about Eudora Welty who all have short stories that will fit our discussion - a lot to choose from.
Help us launch this new Discussion Please... :)
Frybabe:
marking. Catch ya'all in the morning with Jeeves.
hats:
Hi Barbara, Frybabe and All,
I am soooo excited. Just got a notice in me email. I haven't read the header. I'll come back. ;D
CallieOK:
Marking my place as I have in the other discussion. Sounds interesting.
Domestic Duties call; I'll be back later to do my homework.
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