Rhetorical Studies in the Aristocratea of Demosthenes

Terry L. Papillon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

157 Seiten

1998
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-3986-0 (ISBN)

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Demosthenes (384-322 BCE) is one of the great orators from ancient Greece. His speech Against Aristocrates is a common source for information on history and law, but it has received little attention as evidence for the orator's rhetorical skill. The speech shows Demosthenes' innovative use of mixture in composition that goes beyond Aristotelian categories. Demosthenes addresses multiple goals and employs a mixture of approaches to get the jury to oppose Aristocrates and the political agenda he represents. Dr. Papillon places Demosthenes in his historical and rhetorical context and analyzes how Demosthenes addressed the complicated rhetorical situation. The study continues the growth of rhetorical criticism by joining neo-Classical analysis with the insights of twentieth-century rhetorical criticism. It reveals the strengths of this often neglected speech: the powerful case Demosthenes made on the specific issue at hand and the development of a type of discourse that served as a model for effective persuasion.

The Author: Terry L. Papillon teaches Classics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received a B.A. in Classics from St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.) and a Ph.D. in Classical Philology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Papillon's research interests stress the study of ancient rhetoric with an interdisciplinary approach. He has published articles on Greek lyric poetry and on Greek Rhetoric in journals representing Classics, Rhetoric and Communication, and Composition Studies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.1998
Reihe/Serie	Lang Classical Studies ; 11
Sprache	deutsch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	420 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8204-3986-X / 082043986X
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-3986-0 / 9780820439860
Zustand	Neuware