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Ian C. Johnston

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Ian Johnston
BornIan C. Johnston
Valparaíso,Chile
OccupationProfessor (retired), author, translator
LanguageEnglish
Alma materMcGill University
University of Bristol
University of Toronto
GenreLanguages
SpouseColleen Johnston

Ian C. Johnston(born September 27, 1938) is a Canadian author and translator, a retired university-college instructor and a professor emeritus atVancouver Island University.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Johnston was born inValparaíso,Chile,to Dorothy and Kenneth Johnston. He attended the University of Toronto Schools during his high school years. At the post-secondary level, he was educated atMcGill University,Montreal (BSC in Geology and Chemistry 1959); at theUniversity of Bristol(BA in English and Greek, 1968); and at theUniversity of Toronto(MA in English, 1969).

He holds certificates fromOntario College of Education,Heidelberg University,and the Jarvis School of Welding.

Teaching career[edit]

Johnston taught high-school physics and chemistry atUpper Canada College,Toronto (1959–60) and high-schoolbiology,mathematics,andLatinatPort Perry High School,Port Perry,Ontario(1961-1963). From 1969-70 he taught undergraduate English courses at theUniversity of British Columbia.After that he joined the faculty of theCollege of New Caledonia,Prince George, British Columbia, where he taught undergraduate English and Classics from 1970 to 1975. From 1975-2004 he taught at Malaspina College andMalaspina University-College,Nanaimo (now Vancouver Island University).

Publications and other work[edit]

Johnston is the author ofThe Ironies of War: An Introduction to Homer's Iliad(University Press of America, 1987).[2]He has translated classic works from Greek, Latin, German, and French. Several of these translated works have been published by Broadview Press, including his translation of Kafka'sThe Metamorphosis,and/or produced as audiobooks by Naxos Audio Books in the UK.

A number of his translations have also been issued in book form by Richer Resources Publications.[3]Johnston has posted over 75 essays and lectures on various literary topics on his website, as well as workbooks on essay writing, grammar, statistics, and the history of science.[4][5]

Johnston has also writtenEssays and Arguments: A Handbook for Writing Student Essays,released byBroadview Pressin 2015.

Translations by Ian Johnston[edit]

  • Aeschylus, Oresteia[6]
  • Aeschylus, Persians
  • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
  • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes
  • Aeschylus, Suppliant Women
  • Aristophanes, Birds
  • Aristophanes, Clouds
  • Aristophanes, Frogs
  • Aristophanes, Knights
  • Aristophanes, Lysistrata
  • Aristophanes, Peace
  • Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (Abridged)
  • Cuvier, On the Revolutionary Upheavals on the Surface of the Earth
  • Diderot, D’Alembert's Dream
  • Diderot, Rameau's Nephew
  • Descartes, Discourse on Method
  • Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
  • Euripides, Bacchae
  • Euripides, Electra
  • Euripides, Medea
  • Euripides, Orestes
  • Homer, Iliad (complete and abridged)
  • Homer, Odyssey (complete and abridged)
  • Homer, The Odyssey: Selections (Broadview Edition 2019)
  • Kafka, Metamorphosis, Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
  • Kafka, The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Broadview Edition 2015)
  • Kant, On Perpetual Peace
  • Kant, Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens
  • Lamarck, Zoological Philosophy, Volume I
  • Lucretius, The Nature of Things
  • Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
  • Nietzsche, Birth of Tragedy
  • Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals[7]
  • Nietzsche, On the Use and Abuse of History for Life[8]
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses
  • Rousseau, On the Sciences and the Arts
  • Rousseau, On the Origin of Inequality
  • Rousseau, Social Contract
  • Sophocles, Ajax
  • Sophocles, Antigone
  • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
  • Sophocles, Oedipus the King
  • Sophocles, Philoctetes
  • Wedekind, Castle Wetterstein (Broadview Edition 2019)

Personal life[edit]

Johnson lives inNanaimo,British Columbia,Canada, with his wife, Colleen Johnston.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^Barbara, Clayton."Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.02.11".bmcr.brynmawr.edu/.Bryn Mawr Classical Review.Retrieved14 July2015.
  2. ^"Homer The Iliad a new translation by Ian Johnston"(PDF).prokid.org/.Pro Kid.Retrieved14 July2015.
  3. ^"Getting a New Read on Homer's Classics".National Public Radio.Retrieved14 July2015.
  4. ^"Ian C. Johnston".ojs.library.dal.ca.Retrieved14 July2015.
  5. ^"Ian C. Johnston (Johnston, Ian C., 1938-)".onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/.Retrieved14 July2015.
  6. ^"Aeschylus ORESTEIA".records.viu.ca.Vancouver Island University (VIU).Retrieved14 July2015.
  7. ^On The Genealogy Of Morals.National Public Radio. May 2009.ISBN9780979757198.Retrieved14 July2015– via Npr.org.
  8. ^"Friedrich Nietzsche On the Use and Abuse of History for Life [Revised Edition, 2010]".records.viu.ca.Vancouver Island University (VIU).Retrieved14 July2015.
  9. ^"Ian C. Johnston was born in Valparaiso".Richer Resources Publications.Retrieved14 July2015– via richerresourcespublications.com.

External links[edit]

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