Superheroes and Power (Gen Ed 1165) Harvard College Program in General Education

What makes superheroes popular, and how can their stories answer enduring questions about identity, power, disability, symbolism, law, and the state? Stephanie Burt What’s a hero? What’s a superhero? Who gets to be one, and who decides? Why are superheroes so popular now? What do their stories tell us—casual viewers and devoted readers, fans and non-fans and aspiring writers-- about how power works, about its social, emotional, material and economic dimensions, and about how we represent power in art?

Faculty Harvard College Program in General Education

Minds Capes, PDF, Motivation

Requirements Harvard College Program in General Education

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Aesthetics & Culture Harvard College Program in General Education

Courses Harvard College Program in General Education

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Flying Simon Magus: The Motif of Flight in Hagiography and Counter-biography (Ephraim Nissan)

Classes Harvard College Program in General Education