I feel that I have learned a great
deal in this course. It opened my eyes
to all the different kinds of comedies that existed and still exist, most of
which I didn’t even know existed, like Carnivalesque laughter and New
Comedy. It helped me realize certain
tropes in comedies (such as the green world) that I was previously unaware of
and some of the reasons as to why we laugh and even how it ties in to our own
biology and instincts. Thanks to this, I
believe my skills in critical thinking, analysis and interpretation of
literature have improved greatly.
As an engineering major, I have
learned to think in new ways, to think about the literature I read and to
realize the depth which the classic novels I have shunned for most of my life
really reach. I feel that I better
understand the choice of comedies, and while they seemed boring or lethargic at
first, I now realize how engaging they really were and that I only disliked
them due to my own misunderstanding.
In the end I grew quite fond of
this class. Not only was it a break from
the endless control systems, chemical process and plant layouts I had to learn
to read and speak about, but it was also a way to explore the creative depths
of my mind I had so long neglected to nourish.
It felt good to read comedies that I had never heard of, and to finally
enjoy a classic piece of literature.
A nice touch in this class was the
study of The Big Lebowski. It was a good
demonstration of how the concepts we learned in class could very easily be
applied to the real world and to modern comedy, not only old. Now every time I go to watch a comedy, I feel
that my brain has been primed to automatically detect the presence of topics
that we have talked about.
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