The lecture will cover Prof. Brodie´s academic work on stand-up comedy and how to approach it from a folklore standpoint: namely, that by being rooted and, in many ways, by emulating the forms of talk that occur in small group contexts, verbal art and verbal play that is more a dialogue heavily weighted towards one speaker than it is a monologue, folklore is the natural discipline for its examination. But the contexts of professional stand-up—really, the professionalization of small talk—create complexities to where it is not a simple correlation.

The lecture will take place in Room 138 (14:10-15:45).

(The photo features Scott Belford and is courtesy of Ian Brodie).