History 435.01: Special Topics
The Ancient Family: Studies in Personal Relationships in Greece and Rome
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Spring 2000 Dr. Linda Jones Hall MWF 9:20-10:30 Kent Hall 312
Office: 204 Kent Hall Phone: 301-862-4434 or ext. 0434
Office hours: MW 8:15-9:15 and by appointment
email at work: ljhall@osprey.smcm.edu
webpage: http://www.smcm.edu/users/ljhall/ljhall.html
Course description
This course will analyze and compare the structure of the family in antiquity, with particular emphasis on Greece and Rome in the classical and late antique periods. Some attention will also be drawn to the family systems in the Ancient Near East as well. Concerns such as marriage payments, marriage contracts, systems of rearing children which involved slaves as safe-keepers, ideas about health and reproduction, concepts such as the "power of the father," and the role of the family council will be considered. Readings will be drawn from such primary sources as literary and historical narratives, legal texts, personally-sponsored funerary inscriptions, and commemorative representations. Secondary readings will focus on the current historiography in this field. This course should appeal not only to students of history and women' studies, but also to persons preparing for careers in education, law, and other service professions.
Texts:
SOURCES = Mary R. Lefkowitz, Maureen B. Fant, eds. Women’s Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2nd ed., 1992. ISBN 0801844754.
POMEROY = Sarah B. Pomeroy. Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity Schocken Books, reprint ed., 1995. ISBN: 080521030X.
GOLDEN = Mark Golden. Children and Childhood in Classical Athens. Reprint ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. ISBN 0801846005.
DIXON = Suzanne Dixon. The Roman Family. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-8018-4200-x.
CLARK = Gillian Clark. Women in Late Antiquity: Pagan and Christian Life-Styles. Oxford University Press, reprint ed., 1994. ISBN 0198721668.
SHORE = Paul J. Shore. Rest Lightly: An Anthology of Latin and Greek Tomb Inscriptions. Bolchazy-Carducci, 1997. ISBN 0865163553.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS
Regular attendance is expected. Read the assignments in advance and bring those texts to class as indicated on the syllabus. Intellectual honor, excellence, and honesty are demanded in all your work.
GRADING
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (10) =150points
ANNOTATED BIBILOGRAPHY (10 items required) = 150 points
ATTENDANCE AND DISCUSSION = 100 points
FIRST TEST = 100 points
FINAL EXAM = 100 points
FINAL PAPER = 400 points
Grade scale Ultimately, the student’s grade is based on the professor’s assessment of the student’s work.
90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C, 60-69 = D, below 60 = F
ORAL PRESENTATIONS and ANNOTATED BIBILOGRAPHY
Students will present 10 5-minute presentations on 3 internet sites, 4 journal articles (online, on reserve, in our library, or from ILL) , and 3 books or chapters to the class. A schedule will be established for these presentations. Then these reports will be writtne up as an annotated bibliography which will be turned in at the scheduled class meeting.
STANDARD REFERENCE WORKS:
See the Oxford Classical Dictionary (1 vol., 3rd ed.) [OCD] and the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (3 vols.) [ODB]for articles that indicate current trends in historiography and refer you to important bibliography. These reference works are available in the Reference section of the SMCM library. At the front of these volumes is a key list of abbreviations of journals and other works that you will need for preparing the annotated bibliography and research paper.
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Journals at SMCM (on the second floor of the library near the stairs at the rear of that floor) include Archaeology, American Journal of Archaeology, Americal Journal of Philology, Arethusa,Classical Journal, Classical Review, Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies, and others. You need to plan to order others by Interlibrary Loan. Use TOCSIN to get the citations.
PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCE COLLECTIONS
See the Loeb library volumes in the PA section of the library and online collections.
INTERNET RESOURCES
See my webpage for additional links. Especially look at TOCS-IN, a search tool for recent bibliography of journal articles
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/amphoras/tocfind
Paul Hassall’s website (follow the links to the Ancient History Sourcebook)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium
ARGOS, a search engine for ancient topics http://argos.evansville.edu
PERSEUS, huge archive of ancient texts & art http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
DIOTIMA
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/gender.htmlVOICE OF THE SHUTTLE
Schedule for HIST 435.01 "
The Ancient Family: Studies in Personal Relationships"St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Spring 2000 Dr. Linda Jones Hall MWF 9:20-10:30 Kent Hall 312
Week 1 Introduction to the course
Mon. Jan 17 Understanding, defining, and researching the Ancient Family
Wed. Jan 19 Archaic and mythic perspectives - POMEROY I and II, pp. 1-31
Archaeological perspectives in the study of ancient living arrangements
Thurs. Jan. 20, "Archaeology of Place" Public lecture by Prof. Timothy E. Gregory, DPC, 8:00 p.m.
Fri. Jan 21 WORKSHOP IN BLACKISTONE ROOM, ANNE ARUNDEL HALL
Prof. Timothy E. Gregory on "Archaeology and History"
http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/history/isthmia/teg
Week 2 Greece-Women I
Mon. Jan 24 The Dark Age and the Archaic Period POMEROY III, pp. 32- 56
Wed. Jan 26 Women and the City of Athens POMEROY IV, pp. 57-78
Fri. Jan 28 Women’s voices and men’s opinions SOURCES I-II, pp. 2-37
Week 3 Greece-Women II
Mon Jan. 31 Private Life POMEROY V, pp.79-92; SOURCES VII, pp. 163-207.
Wed Feb 2 Images of Women in Literature of Athens POMEROY VI, pp.93-119
Fri. Feb 4 Greek religion SOURCES X, pp. 273-306 (Greek)
Week 4 Greece- Children
Mon. Feb 7 Characteristics of Childhood and Children GOLDEN I, pp. 1-22
Wed. Feb 9 The Child in the Household and the Community GOLDEN II, pp.23-50
Fri. Feb 11 The Child and His or Her Peers GOLDEN III, pp.51-79
Week 5 Greece- Family Mon Feb 14 The Parents and Children GOLDEN IV, pp.80-114
Wed Feb 16 Brothers, Sisters, and Grandparents GOLDEN V, pp.115-140
Fri. Feb 18 Legal Status in the Greek World SOURCES IV, pp. 55-93
Week 6 Greece- Marriage Mon Feb 21 Alliances GOLDEN VI-VII, pp.141-180
Wed Feb 23 Hellenistic Women and Families POMEROY VII, pp. 120-148
Fri. Feb 25 Occupations SOURCES VIII, pp. 208-224; and, IXb, pp. 264-272
Week 7
Mon Feb. 28 FIRST TEST over material covered to date
Wed Mar 1 Roman Women I The Matron, Republic and Empire POMEROY VIII, pp. 149-189
Fri. Mar 3 Public Life SOURCES VI, pp. 129-162
Week 8 Roman Women II
Mon. Mar 6 Women of the Roman Lower Classes POMEROY IX, pp. 190-204; SHORE, all.
Wed Mar 8 Legal Status in the Roman World SOURCES V, pp. 94-128
Fri. Mar 10 Women in the the Religion of Rome POMEROY X, pp. 205-end;
Roman religion SOURCES X, pp. 288-306 (Roman)
Spring break - March 11-19
Week 9 The Roman Family
Mon. Mar 20 In Search of the Roman Family DIXON I, pp. 1-35
Wed Mar 22 Roman Family Relations and the Law DIXON II, pp. 36-60
Fri. Mar 24 Marriage DIXON III, pp. 61-97
Week 10 Roman Children
Mon Mar 27 Children in the Roman Family DIXON IV pp. 98-132;
Wed Mar 29 The Family through the Life Cycle DIXON V pp. 133-end
Fri. Mar. 31 Being Female CLARK Preface +pp. xi-xiii, 1-5; and V, pp. 119-138;
Medicine, SOURCES, IXa, pp. 225-264
Week 11 Women in Late Antiquity
Mon Apr 3 Health CLARK III, pp. 63-93
Wed Apr 5 Law and Morality CLARK I, pp. 6-27
Fri. Apr 7 Tolerance, Prohibition and Protection CLARK II, pp. 28-62
Week 12
Mon Apr 10 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARE DUE
Wed Apr 12 Domesticity, Asceticism CLARK IV, pp. 94-118;
SOURCES X, pp. 307-334
Fri. Apr 14 Philosophers on the role of women, SOURCES, III, pp. 38-54
Week 13
Mon. Apr 17 ORAL PRESENTATIONS on final research topics
Wed Apr 19 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Fri Apr 21 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Week 14
Mon Apr 24 Comparative Discussion
Wed Apr 26 FINAL PAPERS DUE
Fri. Apr 28 Last day for all SMCM classes
Week 15 Week 15 Mon-Tues May 1-2 SMP presentations; Wed May 3 Reading Day
Exams Thurs- Tues May 4-9
Exam for this class Saturday May 6, 9:00-11:00 in regular classroom
Emphasis on material since midterm exam
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