CLASS 0040 - SEX AND LOVE IN ANCIENT LITERATURE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course investigates representations of sex and romantic love in ancient Greece and Rome, considering how ancient literature treats issues like marriage and infidelity, sex work and slavery, homosociality and homosexuality, and consent and rape. We will engage with a variety of genres of ancient literature, from epic and lyric poetry, to drama and philosophy, to funerary epitaphs, handbooks, and novels. We will read the canonical literature of "dead white men," alongside women writers like Sappho and Sulpicia, as well as documentary texts, especially curse tablets and funerary monuments, that paint a picture of lived experiences in the ancient world. We will also read selections from post-classical literature to explore how modern ideas about love, sex, beauty, and desire have been shaped by their representation in ancient texts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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