Not offered in 1996. 16.7 2nd or 3rd year Dr M Baker. Normally, 25 points of first year History. Second Semester, 1997 One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial a week. understand theories of humour from an interdisciplinary perspective; consider the way Jews have represented their identity over history through their relationship to particular cultural and textual traditions. A reading of Jewish culture by considering what has made Jews, at different points in their history, laugh. A study of humour and biblical and medieval Jewish narratives; Yiddish folklore; the migration of humour to the New World; the Jews and Hollywood; Woody Allen and contemporary American Jewry; the uses of laughter during the Holocaust. Written work done during the year will consist of class papers and essays of up to 5,000 words in total. Freud, Sigmund Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious (London, 1991) Blacher-Cohen, Sarah (ed. ) Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humour. (Bloomington, Indiana) Not offered in 1996. 16.7 Dr M Baker. Second semester. One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week. understand theories of humour from an interdisciplinary perspective; consider the way Jews have represented their identity over history through their relationship to particular cultural and textual traditions. A reading of Jewish culture by considering what has made Jews, at different points in their history, laugh. A study of humour and biblical and medieval Jewish narratives; Yiddish folklore; the migration of humour to the New World; the Jews and Hollywood; Woody Allen and contemporary American Jewry; the uses of laughter during the Holocaust. Written work done during the year will consist of class papers and essays of up to 5,000 words in total. Freud, Sigmund Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious London 1991 Blacher-Cohen, Sarah (ed. ) Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humour. (Bloomington, Indiana) Not offered in 1996. 16.7 2nd or 3rd year Dr M Baker. Normally, 25 points of first year History. One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial a week. understand theories of humour from an interdisciplinary perspective; consider the way Jews have represented their identity over history through their relationship to particular cultural and textual traditions. A reading of Jewish culture by considering what has made Jews, at different points in their history, laugh. A study of humour and biblical and medieval Jewish narratives; Yiddish folklore; the migration of humour to the New World; the Jews and Holywood; Woody Allen and contemporary American Jewry; the uses of laughter during the Holocaust. Written work done during the year will consist of class papers and essays of up to 5,000 words in total. Freud, Sigmund. Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious (London, 1991) Blacher-Cohen, Sarah (ed. ). Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humour. (Bloomington, Indiana)