CCIV243

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CCIV243

Women and the Polis in Ancient Greece CCIV243 SP

Crosslistings: WMST211

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       18      0         18

Next Offered in 9798 FA

This course will study women in ancient Greece in relation to the history and institutions of the polis (city-state), and will give equal weight to each of the two course title topics ("women" and "polis"). Beginning with the subject of (1) women and the origins of the polis in the archaic period, we will go on to study (2) women in relation to the religious, political, economic, social, and judicial institutions of the polis in the classical period, and then to consider (3) the ways in which this relationship changed in the polis of the Hellenistic period. In each week of the course, reading from a secondary source will be paired with reading of a primary text.

MAJOR READINGS

Preliminary list; final selection of
readings dependent on text availability. Consult course
syllabus on Wesleyan homepage after 10/97 for final list:
http//www.wesleyan.edu/
(1) A variety of primary sources (selections from ancient
Greek writers such as: Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Euripides,
Sophocles, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Lysias, Xenophon,
Menander, and Plutarch) available as a course packet.
(2) Either a variety of paperbacks (such as Garland,
RELIGION AND THE GREEKS; Fisher, SLAVERY IN CLASSICAL
GREECE; Cartledge, ARISTOPHANES AND HIS THEATRE OF THE
ABSURD) or one principal secondary source reading (such as
Cartledge, ed., THE CAMBRIDGE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ANCIENT
GREECE).

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short papers; final research paper; consult syllabus on Wesleyan homepage for final list of course requirements.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students who enroll in this course should have some previous familiarity with either Greek civilization or feminist theory. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA CLAS

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

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Reference:

Browning, Robert, THE GREEK WORLD, Japan: Thames and Hudson Inc., 1985

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