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Upon successful completion of the module students will demonstrate:
• understanding of the different types of evidence we have for studying the lives of women in Ancient Greece
• an ability to synthesise and critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different types of sources
• an awareness of, and critical engagement with, modern scholarship on women, gender, and sexuality in antiquity
• development of oral and written communication skills through engagement in tutorial discussions and writing academic essays
Topics may vary from year to year, but in Autumn 2023 the module will examine topics, such as:
- the social, political and legal position of women in the archaic and classical polis
- marriage, adultery, sex-work, and sexual violence
- the portrayal of women in Greek myth, literature, and art and feminist re-tellings of Greek myths
- women’s writing, including Sappho
- female labour, space, and dress
- women and war
- women and religion
- woman as 'other'
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Tutorial | 5 |
Specified Learning Activities | 34 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Not yet recorded. |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.