Autobiography and biography

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2. Autobiogra
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3. - Is from the Greek word autos – self +
bios – life + graphein – to write, is a
written account of the life of a person
written by that person.

4. An autobiography is an extensive
true narrative of an individual’s life,
from infancy to date, from his point
of view, and in his/her own personal
style.

5. Autobiography
Trough the
Ages

6. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD:
 Apologia
 Oration
 Confession

7. Apologia
 purporting to be
self-justification rather than
self-documentation

8. Oration
 not of a public kind but a
literary kind that could not
be aloud in privacy.

9. A memoir on the other hand
covers one specific aspect of the
writer’s life while an
autobiography focuses on the
chronology of the writer’s entire
life

10. Confession
initiating the chain of
confessional and sometimes racy
and highly self-critical,
autobiographies of
the Romantic era and beyond.

11. In the spirit of
Augustine's Confessions is the 12th-
century Historia
Calamitatum of Peter Abelard,
outstanding as an autobiographical
document of its period.

12. Renaissance Period:
One of the first great autobiographies
of the Renaissance is that of the
sculptor and goldsmith Benvenuto
Cellini (1500–1571), written between
1556 and 1558, and entitled by him
simply Vita (Italian: Life).

13. "No matter what sort he is, everyone who has
to his credit what are or really seem great
achievements, if he cares for truth and
goodness, ought to write the story of his own
life in his own hand; but no one should venture
on such a splendid undertaking before he is
over forty."

14. Notable English autobiographies of the
17th century include those of Lord
Herbert of Cherbury (1643, published
1764) and John Bunyan (Grace Abounding
to the Chief of Sinners, 1666).

15. Memoirs
 a memoir has a narrower, more intimate
focus on his or her own memories, feelings
and emotions. Memoirs have often been
written by politicians or military leaders as
a way to record and publish an account of
their public exploits.

16. A journal record of events or matters of
personal interest kept by any one for his
own use, in which entries are made day
by day, or as the events occur. Now
usually implying something more
elaborate than a diary.
(http://libanswers.sacredheart.edu/a.php?qid=118762)
(http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/memoir-vs-
autobiography-2)

17. A diary is a daily journal of one's
thoughts, feelings, moods, actions,
activities, and so on. It is not usually
intended for an audience. It's personal.
(http://arts-literature.blurtit.com/486400/what-is-the-
difference-between-a-diary-and-autobiography)

18. 18th and 19th centuries
Following the trend of Romanticism,
which greatly emphasized the role and
the nature of the individual, and in the
footsteps of Jean-Jacques
Rousseau's Confessions, a more intimate
form of autobiography, exploring the
subject's emotions, came into fashion.

19. With the rise of education, cheap
newspapers and cheap printing,
modern concepts of fame and celebrity
began to develop, and the
beneficiaries of this were not slow to
cash in on this by producing
autobiographies.

20. 20th and 21st centuries
From the 17th century onwards,
"scandalous memoirs" by
supposed libertines, serving a public taste
for titillation, have been frequently
published.
Typically pseudonymous, they were (and
are) largely works of fiction written
by ghostwriters.

21. “Autobiographies" of modern
professional athletes and media
celebrities—and to a lesser extent
about politicians, generally written by
a ghostwriter, are routinely published.
Some celebrities, such as Naomi
Campbell, admit to not having read
their "autobiographies".

22. Some sensationalist autobiographies
such as James Frey's "A Million Little
Pieces" have been publicly exposed
as having embellished or
fictionalized significant details of the
authors' lives.

23. Now that we have already
defined an Autobiography,
what are some famous
examples of it?

24. Some FAMOUS
autoBIOGRAPHIES

25. Several famous Autobiography
• Peter Abelard’s “Historia Calamitatum”
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s “Les Confessions”
• Charles Dickens’ “Autobiographical Fragment”
• Oscar Wilde’s “De Profundis”
• Hellen Keller’s “Story of My Life”

26. Several famous Autobiography
• Mark Twain’s “Mark Twain’s Autobiography”
• Sigmund Freud’s “An Autobiographical Study”
• Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf (My Struggles)”
• Albert Einstein’s “Autobiographical Notes”
• Anne Frank’s “The Diary of A Young Girl”

27. Some reasons why they are writing
about their life:

28. Values of
autobiogra
phy

29. 1. For Information
2. For Recreational Reading
3. For Inspirational to others
4. For Self - justification
Values of Autobiography

30. BIOGRAPHY

31. “BIOGRAPHY”
Came from the Late Greek “BIOGRAPHIA”
(Bio- + Graphia-) that means the story of a
real person's life written by someone other
than that person.
- a usually written history of a person's life
- biographical writings as a whole
- an account of the life of something (as an
animal, a coin, or a building)
(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biography )

32. HISTORY OF
BIOGRAPHY

33.  The earliest use of the word
“Biography” is attributed to
Damascius, a Greek writer of the 6th
century, Plutarch wrote about the
lives of 46 Greeks and Romans to
show that people were either, all
good or all bad, wise or foolish.

34. Early Middle Ages (AD 400 to 1450)
 During this time, the only repositories
of knowledge and records of the early
history in Europe were those of
the Roman Catholic
Church. Hermits, monks,
andpriests used this historic period to
write biographies.

35.  Two other developments are
noteworthy: the development of
the printing press in the 15th century
and the gradual increase in literacy.

36.  After World War I, Biography
became very popular and interesting.
Biography is of perennial interest
because it deals with famous or
notorious, or interesting
personalities, but of more
importance, because its subject
matter is human nature.

37.  Nineteenth century, Biography, as a
whole, was of the type which made the
person written about seem
unbelievably good. It was this method
of writing biography that became very
popular in the United States.

38. Modern
Biography

39. The sciences
of psychology and sociology
were ascendant at the turn of the
20th century and would heavily
influence the new century’s
biographies.
Modern
Biography

40. Recent
years

41.  In recent
years, multimedia biography has
become more popular than
traditional literary forms. Along with
documentary biographical
films, Hollywood produced
numerous commercial films based
on the lives of famous people.

42. Characteristics of
Biography A good biography must be very well –
researched.
 Its interest is restricted to only one person,
his activities, personal qualities and
achievements.
 It records life that has been actually lived.
 It must be based on documented facts.

43. TOP TEN FAMOUS
BIOGRAPHIES
WORLDWIDE.
(POP QUIZ)

44. Values of
Biography1. For Recreation
2. For Information
3. For Inspiration
4. For VocationalGuidance

45. Uses of
Biography It can be used as background materials
in all subjects.
 It can contribute to the enrichment of
classroom materials and the techniques of
teaching.
 It can be used for oral reports, written
reports, dramatization, reference and in
correlation with other subjects.

46. We have come to the end of the
lesson, so we hope you guys had
fun and had gained much
information from the
presentation.

47. “A man who dares to waste
one hour of time has not
discovered the value of life.”
Charles Darwin