REL-C 303 SUPERHEROES AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE (3 CR.)
Through reading, watching, and creating superhero stories, course explores what such stories may have to say about religion, spirituality, science, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, class and age in American culture.
1 classes found
Spring 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIS | 3 | 29135 | Closed | 8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. | MW | BH 308 | Brown C |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
DIS 29135: Total Seats: 20 / Available: 0 / Waitlisted: 15
Discussion (DIS)
- COLL (CASE) Diversity in U.S.
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- COLL INTENSIVE WRITING SECTION
- Above class COLL Intensive Writing section
- Above class meets with REL-R532
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Diversity in U.S. credit
Why do people love superheroes¿and love to hate villains? How do superheroes diagnose what is wrong with the world and how it can be righted? Can superheroes help us to understand and bring out the best in ourselves? This course asks what superheroes can tell us about religion, spirituality, and science¿as well as race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and class and age¿in American culture. We will read comic books and watch Marvel movies and DC Netflix series. Instead of taking exams, students will write papers that 1) analyze superheroes, and 2) invent a superhero and/or heroic universe; students have the option of creating their own comic book, game, or film.
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