Word: humorizing
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College days can be a time for fanciful play and practical jokes--as both The Crimson and our rival the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine--can both attest. Thus it came as no surprise when Lampoon editor Vali D. Chandrasekaran '03 attempted to break into the Crimson Jan. 2, continuing the two publications' long-standing tradition of petty thievery and mischief...
When Chandrasekaran broke into the English Language Center (ELC) by mistake, humor suddenly took a very serious turn. After being arrested by Cambridge police, Chandrasekaran was charged with nighttime breaking and entering, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison...
...Though at first sight the course appears light-hearted, Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse says she hopes to seriously investigate the moral dimension of humor and the Jewish contribution to it in a small, discussion-oriented setting...
...Yiddish literature is associated in many people's minds with humor," Wisse says. "Humor is a very fundamental part of [Yiddish] literature. The humorous element is almost an unavoidable subject... It's just there...
...Wisse says the course will begin by looking at theoretical works on humor, followed closely by selections from Philip Roth, Isaac Bashevis Singer and other Jewish writers. The course will conclude by looking at Kafka...