LATN 027. Gender and Sexuality in Rome

This course will focus on Latin texts that reflect the sexual attitudes and behaviors of the ancient Romans and the gender roles that both shaped and were shaped by those attitudes. Among other topics, we will explore the roman institutions of marriage and the family. Conceptions of femininity and masculinity, and attitudes toward homosexuality. We will also engage with recent scholarship on gender and sexuality in antiquity from a wide range of critical perspectives. Our Latin texts will be drawn from several different genres, including graffiti, comedy, satire, love poetry, epic, letters, history and inscriptions.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Classics
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics

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