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Sex and Gender in Antiquity

Program: 
Antiquity and Archaeology
ECTS: 
6
Prowadzący(a): 
Andrzej Wypustek (Prof.)
Email: 
wypustek@uni.wroc.pl
Typ: 
Optional
Wykład
Number of hours: 
2h X 15 weeks = 30 hours (1 semester)
Cel przedmiotu: 

The classes will cover the history of private life in Greece and Rome, focusing on the following issues: childhood, adolescence, sexuality and gender, marriage and family, the status of women, old age and dying; the students will study the most prominent sources that are at our disposal in this field.

Zasady zaliczenia: 

essay or presentation

Wymagania wstępne: 

English fluency, basic knowledge of ancient civilisations and history

Opis zajęć: 

Lectures will focus on the history of private life in Greece and Rome, with emphasis on the following issues: childhood, puberty, intimate life, family and marriage, the status of women, old age and dying. Main categories of relevant sources will be discussed, literary and sub-literary (epigraphical, papyrological) as well.

 

1)       Birth and childhood

2)       Young age, puberty and education

3)       Relationships, sex and gender

4)       Betrothal and wedding

5)       The status of women

6)       Family life

7)       Married life

8)       Non-marital relationships, concubines

9)       Separation and divorce, adultery

10)   Marriage in Hellenistic age

11)   Old age

12)   Dying and death

13)   Greek-Roman ideas of afterlife

Zalecana bibliografia: 

Garland, R. The Greek Way of Life. Ithaca, 1990

Harlow M. and Laurence R. Growing up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome: A Life Course Approach, London 2002

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