Skildra vem Caeneus var, och varför hans kön blev förändrat. Könsförvandlingar i senrepublikansk och tidig kejserlig romersk poesi ur ett genusperspektiv.
Tell us of Caeneus, and why his sex was changed. Gender transformations in Roman poetry from the late Republic and early Imperial era as seen through the lens of gender studies.
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Summary, in English
This is a Latin bachelor thesis on the subject of sex and gender transformations in Roman poetry, the purpose of which is to understand the specifics of Roman gender and grammar as it is presented in the analysed cases. The analysed cases are those of Attis in Catullus 63, Caeneus
in Vergil’s the Aeneid, as well as Iphis, Tiresias and Caeneus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. By analysing the grammar in the selected cases, together with the theoretical framework of gender studies based on Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, the thesis concludes three things: 1) that the gender of the Latin grammar only changes when the bodies presented in the cases have undergone a physical transformation; 2) that femininity is not its own gender identity in the selected poetic cases; rather, it is a subtraction of masculinity; 3) the main characteristic which defines masculinity in the selected cases is the capacity and willingness to perform violence.
in Vergil’s the Aeneid, as well as Iphis, Tiresias and Caeneus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. By analysing the grammar in the selected cases, together with the theoretical framework of gender studies based on Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, the thesis concludes three things: 1) that the gender of the Latin grammar only changes when the bodies presented in the cases have undergone a physical transformation; 2) that femininity is not its own gender identity in the selected poetic cases; rather, it is a subtraction of masculinity; 3) the main characteristic which defines masculinity in the selected cases is the capacity and willingness to perform violence.
Summary, in English
This is a Latin bachelor thesis on the subject of sex and gender transformations in Roman poetry, the purpose of which is to understand the specifics of Roman gender and grammar as it is presented in the analysed cases. The analysed cases are those of Attis in Catullus 63, Caeneus
in Vergil’s the Aeneid, as well as Iphis, Tiresias and Caeneus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. By analysing the grammar in the selected cases, together with the theoretical framework of gender studies based on Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, the thesis concludes three things: 1) that the gender of the Latin grammar only changes when the bodies presented in the cases have undergone a physical transformation; 2) that femininity is not its own gender identity in the selected poetic cases; rather, it is a subtraction of masculinity; 3) the main characteristic which defines masculinity in the selected cases is the capacity and willingness to perform violence.
in Vergil’s the Aeneid, as well as Iphis, Tiresias and Caeneus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. By analysing the grammar in the selected cases, together with the theoretical framework of gender studies based on Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, the thesis concludes three things: 1) that the gender of the Latin grammar only changes when the bodies presented in the cases have undergone a physical transformation; 2) that femininity is not its own gender identity in the selected poetic cases; rather, it is a subtraction of masculinity; 3) the main characteristic which defines masculinity in the selected cases is the capacity and willingness to perform violence.
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Publishing year
2025
Language
Swedish
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Student publication for Bachelor's degree
Topic
- Languages and Literatures
Keywords
- Latin
- linguistics
- gender studies
- Ovid
- Vergil
- Catullus
- Servius
- Attis
- Iphis
- Ifis
- Caeneus
- Caenis
- Tiresias
- Metamorfoser
- Metamorphoses
- Aeneid
- Catullus 63
Supervisor
- Christian Høgel