Hey, ive got an english assessment tomorrow and we need to do a powerpoint about a classical author. I’m 14 and stuck for Inspiration.. any ideas?
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English Assessment.. Classical Authors?
June 13th, 2010
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Oscar Wilde is probably quite an interesting one because he wrote about interesting topics such as sustaining beauty and never ageing like in his book The Picture of Dorian Gray!
Or the author who wrote Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, but these are mainly about the growing up and finding love of young girls but in different ways.
Personally I think Oscar Wilde would be a more interesting one to study!
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Classical as in Ancient Greece and Rome?
If so:
Homer (he wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey)
Virgil (the Aenied)
Ovid (Metamorphoses – poetry/prose ie Theseus and the Minotaur)
Others, such as Suetonius, Tacitus, Livy and Cicero are more factual, being biographies and speeches.
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Choose an author that you know something about.
Possible structure: -
Author’s life & background
Author’s major works
Features of author’s writing
Your personal reaction to the author’s writing.