Greek Culture and Society is a one-term module designed as a University Level Introduction to the world of the Ancient Greeks.
The module fits alongside other modules dealing with Greek Literature, Greek History, Greek Intellectual History and Greek Material Culture. It is designed both to fill in the gaps and to develop our understanding of the connections between these different aspects of Greek culture and society.
The aims are:
to give students a demonstration of the temporal and geographical range of what is meant by "Ancient Greece".
to introduce students to the critical analysis of the wide variety of materials that are deployed to further our knowledge and inform debates about the Ancient Greek World.
to introduce students to the critical analysis of the notion of the Greeks as Founders of Western [European] Civilization.
to introduce students to modern discourses about the place of ancient Greece in Western genealogies of sex and gender.
to offer students basic introductions to the kinds of topic that they can pursue further in their honours modules.