Gndr, Sexuality, & Wms Stdies: Gender and Sexuality Anct Rome (A)

About GSWS 3660 A

Topics examining gender and/or sexuality in the ancient world. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisites: GSWS 1010, GSWS 1500, or three hours in Classics. Cross-listed witih: CLAS 3540.

Notes

Pre/Co-requisites: GSWS 1010 or GSWS 1500. Cross listed with CLAS 3540. System waitlisting enabled for this section

Section Description

In this course we will examine gender and sexuality in ancient Rome. Through close analyses of primary texts and material remains, we will discuss representations of gender in mythology, literature, and art, sexual norms and codes, medical theories concerning the male and female body, and views on marriage, rape, adultery, and prostitution. We will examine the relationship between the construction of gender identities and sexuality in literature, and whether or not modern constructions of sexuality are applicable to the ancient world. Authors and texts include, but are not limited to, playwrights such as Plautus and Terence; historians like Livy and Sallust; and poets such as Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, and Propertius. Our analyses and discussions will be intersectional, as we explore not only how gender and sexuality but also proto-racism, ethnicity, and class shape identities and constructions of otherness in the ancient Rome.

Section Expectation

Students are expected to complete all readings and attend class. Students should expect to spend approximately six hours a week on coursework per university policy regarding work required for a three credit course, with additional time for papers.

Evaluation

Papers and reading journals.

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