本课程以比较之角度来瞭解西方古代社会中之女性生活，主要探讨四个文明，即两河流域，埃及，希腊及罗马。探讨主题包括女性之法律地位，社会角色，婚姻及家庭生活，以及宗教信仰等等。希望经由此课程以促使学生瞭解历史及社会中女性角色及其对社会发展之贡献，从而对历史之整体有进一步之认识。

2.Mesopotamia I: Marriage and family

Cameron, A. & Kuhrt A. Images of Women in Antiquity ch 12

Sasson, Jack ed., Civilizations of the Ancient Near East vol I, 485-501

3.Mesopotamia II: Women in social life

Cameron, A. & Kuhrt A. Images of Women in Antiquity, ch 16

Nemet-Nejat, K. R. Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, ch. 7

4.Egypt I: Marriage and family

Robins, Gay, Women in Ancient Egypt, ch. 3, 4, 5.

5.Egypt II: Women in social life

Robins, Gay, Women in Ancient Egypt, ch. 6, 7. 10

6.Religious role of women in Mesopotamia and Egypt

Robins, Gay, Women in Ancient Egypt, ch. 8, 9

Cameron, A. & Kuhrt A. Images of Women in Antiquity ch 3, 5

7.Greece I: Marriage and family

Hawley, R. & B. Levick Women in Antiquity: New Assessments (London: Routledge, 1995), ch 7.

Pantel, P. S. ed. Trans. Goldhammer, A. A History of Women in the West: I. ch 5

Lefkowitz, M. R. & Fant, M. B. Women in Greece and Rome, 14-18; 39-43; 74-86.

8.Greece II: Legal status of Women

Pomeroy, S. B. Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves, ch IV

Fantham, E. et al. Women in the Classical World, ch 3.

Lefkowitz, M. R. & Fant, M. B. Women in Greece and Rome, 18-28.

9.Greece III: Women in social life

Pomeroy, S. B. Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves, ch V, VI

Pantel, P. S. ed. Trans. Goldhammer, A. A History of Women in the West: I. ch 4

Lefkowitz, M. R. & Fant, M. B. Women in Greece and Rome, 44-56.

10.  Rome I: Legal status of women

Pantel, P. S. ed. Trans. Goldhammer, A. A History of Women in the West: I. ch 3

Lefkowitz, M. R. & Fant, M. B. Women in Greece and Rome, 132-139.

11.  Rome II: Marriage and family

Pantel, P. S. ed. Trans. Goldhammer, A. A History of Women in the West: I. ch 6

Fantham, E. et al. Women in the Classical World, ch 11.

Lefkowitz, M. R. & Fant, M. B. Women in Greece and Rome,139-147.

12.  Rome III: Women in social life

Pomeroy, S. B. Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves, ch VIII, IX

Fantham, E. et al. Women in the Classical World, ch 9.

Lefkowitz, M. R. & Fant, M. B. Women in Greece and Rome, 147-153; 172-186.

13.  Religious role of women in Greece and Rome

Pantel, P. S. ed. Trans. Goldhammer, A. A History of Women in the West: I. ch 7, 8

Pomeroy, S. B. Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves, ch X

Lefkowitz, M. R. & Fant, M. B. Women in Greece and Rome, 91-101; 186-198. 

Hawley, R. & B. Levick Women in Antiquity: New Assessments (London: Routledge, 1995), ch 6.

课程要求及成绩评量：

1、课堂参与：每一学生必须在阅读参考资料及听毕课堂讲演之後，由第二週至第十二週，提出至少十个问题(即每週一个)，以电邮交给教授及助教。问题必须是个人原创，注重历史问题，但非细节或者没有阅读根据之假问题。问题以及教授及助教的回应将会公布给全部学生阅读。提出问题之学生可以获得分数。（10％）

2、导修：每个学生必须参加所有四次导修，参与讨论，并提交一份报告。（1000-1500字）报告题目另订。（20％）

3、期中考：以一週时间写出一份报告。题目及时间另订。报告可利用指定阅读材料及其它期刊书籍，须有引文注脚及书目。（30％）

4、期末报告：5000字为度。题目应具体，避免太广泛之题目如＂古埃及的女性＂等。不可有任何形式之抄袭，或由网路下载（史料除外），否则将不予计分。报告应遵字学术规范，包括大纲，摘要，注释，书目等。否则将被扣分。书目不可少於十种。网路资料以史料为限。报告应於课程结束後一週内缴交。除非教授同意，迟交将被扣分。（40％）

每个学生必须参加所有四次导修，参与讨论，并提交一份报告（1000-1500字）。报告题目另订。

ibiography:

Archer, L & Fischler, S. Wyke, M. Women in Ancient Societies: An Illusion of the Night (N. Y. Routledge)

Balsdon, J. P. V. D. Roman Women (N. Y.: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1983)

Bauman, R. A. Women and Politics in Ancient Rome (London and New York: Routledge, 1992)

Bradley, K. R. Discovering The Roman Family (Oxford: Oxford U. Press, 1991)

Cameron, A. & Kuhrt A. Images of Women in Antiquity (Detroit: Wayne State U. Press, 1985)

Dean-Jones, L. A. Women in Classical Greek Science (Oxford: Oxford U. Press, 1996)

DuBois, P. Sowing the Body: Psychoanalysis and Ancient Representations of Women  (Chicago Univ. Press, 1988)

Fantham, E. et al. Women in the Classical World (Oxford U. Press, 1994)

Hawley, R. & B. Levick Women in Antiquity: New Assessments (London: Routledge, 1995)

Humphreys, S. C. The Family, Women and Death  (Ann Arbor: The U. of Michigan Press, 1993)

Joshel, Sandra R. & Sheila Murnaghan, Women and Slaves in Greco-Roman Culture (London: Routledge, 1998)

Kraemer, R. S. ed. Women’s Religions in the Greco-Roman World A Sourecebook (Oxford: Oxford U. Press, 2004)

Kraemer, Ross S. Her Share of the Blessings: Women’s Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the GrecoRoman World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992)

Lacey, W. K. The Family in Classical Greece (Ithaca: Cornell U. Press, 1968)

Lefkowitz, M. R. & Fant, M. B. Women in Greece and Rome (Toronto & Sarasota: SamuelSteven, 1977)

Lefkowitz, M. R. Women in Greek Myth (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1986)

Pantel, P. S. ed. Trans. Goldhammer, A. A History of Women in the West: I. From Ancient Goddesses to Chirstian Saints (Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 1992)

Plant, I. M. Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004)

Pomeroy, S. B. Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves (N. Y.: Schocken Books, 1975)

Pomeroy, S. B. Women in Hellenistic Egypt: From Alexander to Cleopatra (N. Y.: Schocken Books, 1984)

Pomeroy, S. B. Women’s Hisory & Ancient History (Chapel Hill and London.: The U. of North Carolina Press, 1991)

Rawson, B. ed. The Family in Ancient Rome (Ithaca: Cornell U. Press, 1987)

Robins, Gay, Women in Ancient Egypt (Cambridge: Harvard U. Press, 1993)

Rowlandson, J. Women & Society in Greek & Roman Egypt (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998)

Sealey, R. Women and Law in Classical Greece (Chapel Hill and London: The U. of North Carolina Press, 1990)

Tyldesley, J. Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt (Penguin Books, 1995)

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学生递交作业时，必须连同已签署的声明一并提交，表示他们知道有关政策、规则、指引及程序。

• 如属小组习作，则所有组员均须签署声明；所有组员 (不论有否签署声明及不论有否直接或间接撰写有问题的内容) 均须负上集体责任及受到惩处。
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学生将作业或作业的一部份用于超过一个用途 (例如：同时符合两科的要求) 而没有作出声明会被视为未有声明重复使用作业。 学生重复使用其著作的措辞或某一、二句句子很常见，并可以接受，惟重复使用全部内容则构成问题。在任何情况下，须先获得相关老师同意方可提交作业。

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