Biography (F11)

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==Syllabus and rosters==
* Syllabus
* Discussion chair duty roster: (Please remember to divide up material with other chairs for the same day.)
** Tu 9/13: Emily, Powell
** Th 9/15: Josh, Grace
** Tu 9/20: Adam
** Th 9/22: David, Steve
** Tu 9/27: Ashley, Erik
** Th 9/29: Solomon, Cal
** Tu 10/4: Andrew, Nolan
** Th 10/6: Griffin, Tyler, Craig
** Tu 10/11: David (2), Emily (2)
** Th 10/13: Solomon (2), Josh (2)
** Tu 10/18: Steve (2), Tyler (2)
** Th 10/20: Powell (2), Isaiah
** Tu 10/25: Ashley (2), Grace (2)
** Th 10/27: Cal (2), Isaiah (2)
** Tu 11/1: Erik (2), Craig (2)
** Th 11/3: Nolan (2), Adam (2)
** Tu 11/8: Griffin (2), Andrew (2)
* Final presentations:
** Tu 11/8: Andrew, Emily, Josh, Powell, Steve
** Th 11/10: Adam, Cal, David, Griffin, Isaiah, Tyler
** Tu 11/15: Ashley, Craig, Erik, Grace, Nolan, Solomon
==Online texts and information resources==
* Moodle/Nexus (course readings and sample papers)
* Online reference tools: look it up!
** The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
** Who's Who in the Classical World has longer articles on real people only. 
* The sayings of Sidney Morgenbesser
* Surviving fragments of the Presocratic philosophers whose lives we read. (The ones in boldface are particularly recommended!)
** Empedocles, Epicharmus, Archytas, Philolaus, Heraclitus, Xenophanes, Parmenides, Melissus, Zeno
** Archytas may well have been the author of a surviving treatise on Mechanical Problems. Check it out if you're interested in ancient technology and engineering!
* Augustine's Confessions
** The Life of Augustine (a series of accessible sketches written by honest-to-goodness Augustinians!)
** detailed commentary by James O'Donnell (ignore the middle number in references such as "10.28.39": this means section 39 as marked in Wills' translation of Book 10)
==Project 1: Roman women through the eyes of ancient biographers==
Instructions (including late/incomplete policies for all course assignments)
* Melania The Saint Through the Eyes of Diogenes Laertius by Cal Smith (with further ideas by: Rose, Montagno, Becker, Mooney, Orr, Dusel)
* The Life of Hypatia of Alexandria by Erik Becker (with further ideas by: Lnenicka, Rose, Flike, Smith)
* Livia: The Politician by Grace Mooney
* Love and Scorn: Lycoris the Mime by Griffin Phelan
* Courtesans on the Rise By Tyler Orr (with further ideas by: Carpenter)
* The Revered Life of Hypatia by Emily Lnenicka
* The Prestigious Life of Claudia the Vestal Virgin by Ashley Barnes (with further ideas by: Margulies, Wright)
* Volumnia Cytheris the Mime by Isaiah Carpenter (with further ideas by: Smith, Barnes, Orr, Phelan)
* Fulvia: The Woman of Passion by Joshua Rose (with further ideas by: Flike, Carpenter)
* Marriage, Stories, and Politics: The Life of Livia the Politician as Told by Diogenes Laertius by Adam Margulies (with further ideas by: Barnes, Wright)
* Helena Augusta by Solomon Montagno (with further ideas by: Dusel)
* Diogenes Laertius on Lycoris the Mime by Craig Santangelo
* The Importance of Public Life in Ancient Biographies by Andrew Krasniak (with further ideas by: Mooney, Phelan)
* Lavia: The Politician by Powell Wright; Livia: The Politician (Revised) by Powell Wright
* Cornelia: The Matron by David MacMinn
* Helena Augusta in the Style of Diogenes by Stephen Dusel (with further ideas by: Lnenicka, Montagno)
* Hypatia:The Great Teacher by Nolan Flike (with further ideas by: Becker, Margulies)
==Project 2: Special topics==
===The origins and history of Greek biography===
* Substance and Style Through the Centuries: From Isocrates and Xenophon to Plutarch and Diogenes Laertius by Adam Margulies
===Philosophy and religion, sayings and biography===
* Diogenes Laertius’ Account of Empedocles: Prioritizing the Social Over the Philosophical by Emily Lnenicka
* Connecting Classic Biographies to its Statements and Quotations: The Gospel of Thomas by Powell Wright
* Philosophy vs. Religion: A search for truth and understanding by Erik Becker
*The Five Stages of Ideological Development by David MacMinn
*Allegory As a Rhetorical Device in Ancient Biography by Andrew Krasniak
===Alexander the Great, fictionalized===
*Pseudo-Callisthenes Style and Imaginative points of view: In Alexander Romance by Cal Smith
*Alexander the Great: God in Conquest, Man in Death By Nolan Flike
* Development of the Ideas and Themes of Pseudo-Callisthenes in the Greek Alexander Romance by Craig Santangelo
*Pseudo-Callisthenes Interpretation of Alexander the Great on Plutarch's Account by Ashley Barnes
* The Importance of Alexander through a Fictional Account: The Alexander Romance by Solomon Montagno
*Alexander the Great General God Adversary By Tyler orr
===Roman perspectives===
* The Writing Styles of Suetonius and Plutarch Through the Life of Julius Caesar by Joshua Rose
===Shakespeare and Plutarch===
*Plutarch's influence on Shakespeare's tragic play: What Shakesepare did with Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus in his own work by Grace Mooney
*Shakespeare's adaptation of Coriolanus: Does this spurious account harm the perception of Coriolanus? by Griffin Phelan
*Shakespearean adaptation of a true life into fiction by Stephen Dusel
*Shakespeare's Adjustments to the Real Life by Isaiah Carpenter
==Make it New/Make it Old==
* Plutarch's Death of Demosthenes by Emily Lnenicka
* The Gospel of Pythagoras According to Adam by Adam Margulies
* Steve Jobs' Life written as The Gospel of Luke by Powell Wright
* The Life of Marie Curie by Plutarch by Joshua Rose
* Plutarch's Depiction of the Life of Steve Jobs by Cal Smith
*The Life of Barack Obama as written by Plutarch by Solomon Montagno
*The Life of Richard Nixon written by Plutarch by Nolan Flike
* The Life of LeBron James: Through the Eyes of Plutarch by Erik Becker
* The Life of Douglas MacArthur through the lens of Plutarch by Griffin Phelan
* Life of Demosthenes as a Video Game by Stephen Dusel
* The Life of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi by Plutarch by Ashley Barnes
* The Life of Benjamin Franklin as written by Plutarch by Andrew Krasniak
*A Biographer's Home Page by David MacMinn
*Confessions by Alexander the Great by Craig Santangelo
*The Life of Joan of Arc: Through a Lens similar to that of St. Perpetua by Grace Mooney
*Emily Dickinson's Confessions by Isaiah Carpenter
*MLK Through Plutarchs Lens by Tyler Orr