Comedy Studies

In this interdisciplinary Comedy Studies area at Brunel University of Londonwe consider the production, content, reception and wider socio-political implications of comedy in a variety of formats and from a range of perspectives.

We successfully bring together leading academics and writers in the fields of media and communications, sociology, psychology, theatre, drama, film and television, computing, English, creative writing and social work.

Features

• Our Comedy Studies research at Brunel University London examines the production, content, reception and wider socio-political implications of comedy in its variety of formats from television sketch shows to comedy thrillers.

• All of our research and teaching is strongly underpinned by the belief that comedy is socially, culturally, politically and economically significant at local, national and international levels.

Courses include:

• Mediated and Live Comedy
• Comedy and Identity
• Comedy, Taboo and Offence
• Comedy, Power and Ideology
• Comic Novels