Research on the different types of laughter and different forms of humor and apply them to Pixar shorts and Monsters Inc.

Laughter in Pixar Films

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Research on the different types of laughter and different forms of humor and apply them to Pixar shorts and Monsters Inc. Start with reading these articles that will form the basis for your research. See if you can understand what the four functions of humor are and then we can apply them to the Pixar films.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306294709_Three_Decades_Investigating_Humor_and_Laughter_An_Interview_With_Professor_Rod_Martin

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.466.1116&rep=rep1&type=pdf

http://thefreeonlinenovel.com/con/the-screwtape-letters_chapter-11

For an outline, you might follow:

I. Introduction to Paper

II. Rod Martin’s Four Types of Laughter (you can find more about him on other sites)

III. C. S. Lewis’ Four Kinds of Laughter

IV. John Meyer’s Four Functions of Laughter

V. A Digression, studying funny sounds

VI. Summary of key things you are going to observe and analyze.

VII. Case Studies

A. Pixar Shorts (e.g. For the Birds)

B. Primary Text for Content Analysis: Monsters, Inc.

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