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Tag: comedic writing

What’s the Deaaal with Comedic Academic Writing?

November 29, 2023Lindsey Harding2023 reflectionsacademic writing, audience, comedic writing, humor, tips

by John Lane, Philosophy Most academic papers are not very funny. I know because I’ve read them. The stereotype of academic writing is that it’s more akin to a bizarre linguistic purgatory that hates you and delights in your suffering than it is to a real intellectual discussion. The fact that it’s also unfunny doesn’t…

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