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Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome - AHPG826 - 2012 Course Handbook - Macquarie University

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Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome - AHPG826

There is a general perception that almost all writing in antiquity was by men. However, some important literature written by women has survived, and many other women writers published work that has not been preserved. This unit covers writers from Sappho, who lived in the seventh century BC, through to Eudocia and Egeria in the fifth century AD. The unit reviews what we know about women writers, and looks at topics such as the authenticity of texts attributed to women and places literature by women into the wider literary and social context of the ancient Graeco-Roman world.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

TBD - To be determined

Staff Contact(s): Dr Ian Plant
Prerequisites:

Admission to MA in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies or ECJS or Egyptology or History or Late Antiquity or Ancient Art and Architecture) or PGDipArts in (Ancient History or ECJS) or PGCertArts in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies) Prerequisite Information

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Unit Designation(s):

Arts

Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Ancient History

Faculty of Arts

Timetable Information

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