From Hero to Superhero

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This course explores the depictions of heroes and heroines in literature and art and inspires students to think critically about the development of our value systems, ethics, and self-identity. Readings will include Greco-Roman texts on a heroic theme, and students will investigate heroes from diverse cultural, historical, and gendered perspectives. Classical heroes studied may include Achilles, Mulan, Penelope, and Hercules.