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090115 SE Seminar Latin (2014S)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 17.02.2014 06:00 to Th 27.02.2014 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 31.03.2014 23:59

Details

max. 40 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Helen King

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 05.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 19.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 26.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 02.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 09.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 30.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 07.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 14.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 21.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 28.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 04.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 11.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 18.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
Wednesday 25.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will look at the role of gender in the life course. It will cover conception, birth, puberty, marriage, battle, ageing and death. The evidence used will be mainly literary (poetry, speeches, and law). One of the learning outcomes of the course will be an increased sensitivity to the different types of ancient evidence for gender; a starting point will be a re-examination of the remark of Euripides' Medea, that she would rather stand in battle three times than go through childbirth once. Topics will include: How would parents try to influence the sex of their child before birth? How were men's and women's lives structured in ancient Greece and Rome, and how did assumptions about gender roles influence the rituals that marked key transitions in the life cycle? How did these transitions function in their turn to shape men as "men" and women as "women"? How far was gender something to be performed, with clear expectations about posture, voice and clothing as male or female? The course will end by examining the ultimate gender transition: sex change, as described both in myth and in natural history.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Seminar for entry-level students. Some classical background and some knowledge of a classical language would be useful, but all texts used will be available in translation.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

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