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May 07, 2024
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CLAS 219 - Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute: 4HU, CD
Study of the construction of gender and sexual identities in ancient Greece and Rome. Emphasis will be on primary texts that demonstrate notions of sexual practice and/or identity, such as Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazousae, Plato’s Symposium, Aeschines’ Against Timarchos, and poetry of Sappho, Catullus, Ovid, Martial, Juvenal. We will also read modern critical theorists (Foucault, Halperin, Richlin, Winkler), and will interrogate the accuracy of their arguments.
Enrollment Limit: 35 Instructor: K. Ormand
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
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