01-18-2008, 06:25 PM
I thought this could be a thread for students who have taken, are taking, or will take an exceptionally awesome course in whatever.
I decided to start this because next year I am going to take a course in ancient homosexuality :biggrin: Here is the course description:
[B]Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome
[SIZE=3]The purpose of this course is to examine attitudes toward homosexuality in Greek and Roman culture using ancient sources. An examination of artistic evidence (vase- and wall-painting, statuary, and everyday objects) will be combined with a close reading of literary evidence on this topic, some in the original Latin. We will try to answer the following questions. To what extent was ‘homosexuality’ recognized as such in ancient cultures? What were the terms used to describe or indicate homosexual contact? What was the difference between ‘homosexual’ and ‘homosocial?’ To what extent were those who practiced homosexuality considered to be apart from the mainstream of society? To what extent was sexual object-choice in antiquity related to distinctions of class and education? Did the Greeks and Romans make any moral pronouncements about some forms of same-sex lovemaking? Students will also be asked to evaluate the validity of various modern theoretical claims about ancient homosexuality by comparison with the actual evidence of primary texts.
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I decided to start this because next year I am going to take a course in ancient homosexuality :biggrin: Here is the course description:
[B]Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome
[SIZE=3]The purpose of this course is to examine attitudes toward homosexuality in Greek and Roman culture using ancient sources. An examination of artistic evidence (vase- and wall-painting, statuary, and everyday objects) will be combined with a close reading of literary evidence on this topic, some in the original Latin. We will try to answer the following questions. To what extent was ‘homosexuality’ recognized as such in ancient cultures? What were the terms used to describe or indicate homosexual contact? What was the difference between ‘homosexual’ and ‘homosocial?’ To what extent were those who practiced homosexuality considered to be apart from the mainstream of society? To what extent was sexual object-choice in antiquity related to distinctions of class and education? Did the Greeks and Romans make any moral pronouncements about some forms of same-sex lovemaking? Students will also be asked to evaluate the validity of various modern theoretical claims about ancient homosexuality by comparison with the actual evidence of primary texts.
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