Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greek Culture
CCIV 281
Fall 2015
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 281 |
In this course we will examine the construction of gender roles in ancient Greece and approach gender as an organizing principle of private and public life in ancient Greek society. Using literary, scientific, historical, and philosophical sources as well as material evidence, we will address issues including the creation of woman, conceptions of the male and female body, the legal status of men and women; what constitutes acceptable sexual practices and for whom (e.g., heterosexual relationships, homoeroticism, prostitution); ideas regarding desire, masculinity and femininity, and their cultivation in social, political, and ritual contexts such as rituals of initiation, marriage, drinking parties, the law court, and the theater. How ancient approaches to gender and sexuality are in dialogue or have informed recent debates will be a question throughout the course. We will end by looking at how ideas about sexuality in classical antiquity were used in ROMER V. EVANS, otherwise known as the 1993 Colorado Gay Rights Case. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CLAS, SBS CLAS |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CLST-History, P)(FGSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Selections from Hesiod's THEOGONY and WORKS AND DAYS.
Selections from Homer's ILIAD and ODYSSEY.
HOMERIC HYMN TO APHRODITE; HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER.
Lyric Poetry.
Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.
Apollodorus, AGAINST NEAIRA.
Plato, SYMPOSIUM.
Plutarch, ADVICE TO THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
B. Holmes, GENDER: ANTIQUITY AND ITS LEGACY
M. Foucault, THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY
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Examinations and Assignments:
1 Presentation.
Regular brief responses to the readings.
3 Papers (1st: 6-8pages, 2nd: 8-10pages, Final: 8-12pages). |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Regular attendance and active participation
All readings are in English translation. |
| Instructor(s): Visvardi,Eirene Times: ...W... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: DWNY100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 17 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 1 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
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