Event Date: 15 May 2012
Birkbeck College
Room 124,
43 Gordon Square,
London WC1H

Birkbeck Arts Week

Jokes, Laughter, Literature

Short talks and discussion: What are the links between literature and jokes? What makes us laugh when we read? What do we do when we don’t understand a joke?
The four speakers have research interests across a wide historical range, from the Renaissance to the contemporary, will talk about laughter and jokes in Shakespeare, Beckett, and the writing of World War One.

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Dr Adam Smith

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Dr Kate McLoughlin

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Dr Laura Salisbury

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Toby Litt

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Questions

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