Ancient Greeks Modern Lives Read-Alikes

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Contents 1 Stranger in a Strange Land 1.1 Culture Clash 1.2 The Immigrant Experience 1.3 Leadership 1.4 Returning War Veterans 1.5 The Struggle Between the Individual and State

Stranger in a Strange Land

All events at GRPL will focus on the theme of Stranger in a Strange Land. "The inspiration of this comes from the first words of the chorus of soldiers in Sophocles’s Philoctetes, who, when landing on the deserted island of Lemnos, say en xena, xenon (stranger in a strange land). These encounters with the “other” provide Greek literature with some of its most compelling stories and this theme of the stranger abroad is still one that resonates strongly with contemporary Americans." [1]

Below is a list of sub-categories that fit within our theme. To read about other themes being discussed throughout the country, visit the Ancient Greeks Modern Lives Themes page.

Culture Clash

• Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade
• The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
• House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsie

The Immigrant Experience

• The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• My Antonia by Willa Cather
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Leadership

• The Art of War by Sunzi
• Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky
• More Church Folk by Michele Andrea Bowen
• Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life by Tony Dungy
• Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership by R. David Edmunds

Returning War Veterans

• Aftermath: an Anthology of Post-Vietnam Fiction
• The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time by G.B. Trudeau
• Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility by Patricia Santana
• The Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg
• Soldier from the War Returning: the Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II by Thomas Childers

The Struggle Between the Individual and State

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
• The Crucible by Arthur Miller
• The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb
• Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose