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- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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Are We Having Fun Yet? Humor in the English Class
- Source: English Journal, Volume 88, Issue 4, Mar 1999, p. 70 - 72
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- 01 Mar 1999
Abstract
Argues that humor is an invaluable teaching tool in English classes. Describes how the author and her students: found humor an important means of discovering profound truths in Shakespeare’s dramas; enjoyed the epic “Paradise Lost”; worked with satire in Chaucer; and used humor in students’ own creative activities.
© 1999 by the National Council of Teachers of English