{"id":18207,"date":"2015-04-28T14:56:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T18:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=18207"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:42:45","slug":"cu-in-the-city-superheroes-and-literature-dr-brian-johnson-department-of-english-language-and-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2015\/cu-in-the-city-superheroes-and-literature-dr-brian-johnson-department-of-english-language-and-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"CU in the City, Ottawa – Superheroes and Literature by Dr. Brian Johnson (Department of English Language and Literature)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Superheroes and Literature \u2013 A talk by Dr. Brian Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although superheroes have become mainstays of comic books, television, and film since the debut of Superman in 1938, their presence in literary fiction like Michael Chabon\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000), seems like a relatively new phenomenon\u2014but is it? This talk explores the superhero\u2019s surprising literary history, focusing particularly on the rise of \u201csuperhero fiction\u201d as a literary subgenre, how literary superheroes differ from their comic book counterparts, and why superheroes have become such potent metaphors for contemporary experiences and dilemmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday April 28, 2015, 7:00 pm
\nThe Daily Grind Art Cafe,
\n601 Somerset St. West
\nR.S.V.P. to sarah.quirt@carleton.ca<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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