The University of Baltimore is treating Marvel Comic fans to a unique treat.
Starting in Spring 2015, the university is offering a course on popular Marvel films with the purpose of giving students a better understanding of the film’s characters and the superhero world they inhabit.
The course, which is the first of its kind of UB will be titled – ‘Media Genres: Media Marvels‘ and will be open to all students.
Arnold T. Blumberg, teacher over the course had this to say about the course:
“Every generation has a modern media mythology that serves as a framework for entertaining as well as educating about ethics, morality, issues of race, gender, class, and so on.
For the past several years, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings have served in that role for tens of millions. When I was younger, it was the first Star Wars series.
Now with Marvel, we have a generation of coming of age with these characters and this completely mapped-out universe. It could be argued that it’s never been done better.
But not matter what your age, there is always a fantasy/sci-fi/superhero realm that helps you to explore your place in the world, your identity, and your ideals.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is that realm for this generation.”
The new course will also examine the critical and commercial response to Guardians of the Galaxy, which Blumberg states has proved that audiences are now completely willing to accept “talking trees and raccoons” as part of the Marvel universe.
