Sophistical Rhetoric In Classical Greece

Author : John Poulakos
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781611171808

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Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece by John Poulakos Pdf

An expert in rhetoric offers a new perspective on the ancient concept of sophistry, exploring why Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle found it objectionable. In Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece, John Poulakos argues that a proper understanding of sophistical rhetoric requires a grasp of three cultural dynamics of the fifth century B.C.: the logic of circumstances, the ethic of competition, and the aesthetic of exhibition. Traced to such phenomena as everyday practices, athletic contests, and dramatic performances, these dynamics defined the role of sophistical rhetoric in Hellenic culture and explain why sophistry has traditionally been understood as inconsistent, agonistic, and ostentatious. In his discussion of ancient responses to sophistical rhetoric, Poulakos observes that Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle found sophistry morally reprehensible, politically useless, and theoretically incoherent. At the same time, they produced their own version of rhetoric that advocated ethical integrity, political unification, and theoretical coherence. Poulakos explains that these responses and alternative versions were motivated by a search for solutions to such historical problems as moral uncertainty, political instability, and social disorder. Poulakos concludes that sophistical rhetoric was as necessary in its day as its Platonic, Isocratean, and Aristotelian counterparts were in theirs.

Author : Edward Schiappa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015048753407

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The Beginnings of Rhetorical Theory in Classical Greece by Edward Schiappa Pdf

In this book, Edward Schiappa argues that rhetorical theory did not originate with the Sophists in the fifth century B.C.E. as is commonly believed, but came into being a century later. Schiappa examines closely the terminology of the Sophists (such as Gorgias and Protagoras) and of their reporters and opponents (especially Plato and Aristotle) and contends that the terms and problems constituting what we think of as rhetorical theory had not yet been formed in the era of the early Sophists. His revision of rhetoric's early history changes the way we read the Sophists, Aristotle, and Plato. His book will be of interest to students of classics, communications, philosophy, and rhetoric.

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780199805341

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Greek Rhetoric: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Michael Gagarin Pdf

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of the ancient world find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In classics, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is just one of many articles from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics, a continuously updated and growing online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through the scholarship and other materials relevant to the study of classics. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.

Author : Ian Worthington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134892686

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Persuasion: Greek Rhetoric in Action by Ian Worthington Pdf

An exciting and accessible introduction to rhetoric and oratory in ancient Greece. All Greek and Latin is translated.

Author : Edward Schiappa
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611171815

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Protagoras and Logos by Edward Schiappa Pdf

Protagoras and Logos brings together in a meaningful synthesis the contributions and rhetoric of the first and most famous of the Older Sophists, Protagoras of Abdera. Most accounts of Protagoras rely on the somewhat hostile reports of Plato and Aristotle. By focusing on Protagoras's own surviving words, this study corrects many long-standing misinterpretations and presents significant facts: Protagoras was a first-rate philosophical thinker who positively influenced the theories of Plato and Aristotle, and Protagoras pioneered the study of language and was the first theorist of rhetoric. In addition to illustrating valuable methods of translating and reading fifth-century B.C.E. Greek passages, the book marshals evidence for the important philological conclusion that the Greek word translated as rhetoric was a coinage by Plato in the early fourth century. In this second edition, Edward Schiappa reassesses the philosophical and pedagogical contributions of Protagoras. Schiappa argues that traditional accounts of Protagoras are hampered by mistaken assumptions about the Sophists and the teaching of the art of rhetoric in the fifth century. He shows that, contrary to tradition, the so-called Older Sophists investigated and taught the skills of logos, which is closer to modern conceptions of critical reasoning than of persuasive oratory. Schiappa also offers interpretations for each of Protagoras's major surviving fragments and examines Protagoras's contributions to the theory and practice of Greek education, politics, and philosophy. In a new afterword Schiappa addresses historiographical issues that have occupied scholars in rhetorical studies over the past ten years, and throughout the study he provides references to scholarship from the last decade that has refined his views on Protagoras and other Sophists.

Author : Thomas Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Greece
ISBN : UCSC:32106009691038

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The Origins of Rhetoric in Ancient Greece by Thomas Cole Pdf

Author : Nathan Crick
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781611173963

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Rhetoric and Power by Nathan Crick Pdf

Through Rhetoric and Power, Nathan Crick dramatizes the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in Classical Greece beginning the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings following its ascent to power during the age of Pericles and the Sophists, and ending with its transformation into a rational discipline with Aristotle in a time of literacy and empire. Crick advances the thesis that rhetoric is primarily a medium and artistry of power, but that the relationship between rhetoric and power at any point in time is a product of historical conditions, not the least of which is the development and availability of communication media. With chapters in chronological order investigating major works by Homer, Heraclitus, Aeschylus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle, Rhetoric and Power tells the story of the rise and fall of classical Greece while simultaneously developing rhetorical theory from the close criticism of particular texts. As a form of rhetorical criticism, this volume offers challenging new readings to canonical works like Aeschylus’s Persians, Gorgias’s Helen, Aristophanes’s Birds, and Isocrates’s Nicocles by reading them as reflections of the political culture of their time. Through this theoretical inquiry, Crick uses these criticisms to articulate and define a plurality of rhetorical genres and concepts, such as heroic eloquence, tragicomedy, representative publicity, ideology, and the public sphere, and their relationships to different structures and ethics of power, such as monarchy, democracy, aristocracy, and empire. Rhetoric and Power thus provides the foundation for rhetorical history, criticism, and theory that draws on contemporary research to prove again the incredible richness of the classical tradition for contemporary rhetorical scholarship and practice.

Author : Susan C. Jarratt
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0809322242

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Rereading the Sophists by Susan C. Jarratt Pdf

In "rereading" the sophists of fifth-century Greece, Susan C. Jarratt reinterprets classical rhetoric, with implications for current theory in rhetoric and composition. -- Provided by publisher

Author : Richard Leo Enos
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781602352155

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Greek Rhetoric Before Aristotle by Richard Leo Enos Pdf

Recent archaeological discoveries, coupled with long-lost but now available epigraphical evidence, and a more expansive view of literary sources, provide new and dramatic evidence of the emergence of rhetoric in ancient Greece. Many of these artifacts, gathered through onsite fieldwork in Greece, are analyzed in this revised and expanded edition of Greek Rhetoric Before Aristotle. This new evidence, along with recent developments in research methods and analysis, reveal clearly that long before Aristotle’s Rhetoric, long before rhetoric was even stabilized into formal systems of study in Classical Athens, nascent, pre-disciplinary “rhetorics” were emerging throughout Greece.

Author : Ian Worthington
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444334142

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A Companion to Greek Rhetoric by Ian Worthington Pdf

This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers. Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion Incorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric Discusses the idea of rhetoric and examines the status of rhetoric studies, present and future All quotations from ancient sources are translated into English

Author : John Poulakos,Takis Poulakos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Classical literature
ISBN : IND:30000067558308

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Classical Rhetorical Theory by John Poulakos,Takis Poulakos Pdf

A clear and integrated discussion of how classical rhetoric influences contemporary practices. Poulakos/Poulakos identify ten themes common to the sophistical, Isocratean, Platonic, and Aristotelian approaches to classical rhetoric, providing students with a clear framework for understanding the four approaches.

Author : James J. Murphy,Richard A. Katula,Michael Hoppmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136292903

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A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric by James J. Murphy,Richard A. Katula,Michael Hoppmann Pdf

Continuing its tradition of providing students with a thorough review of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory and practices, A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric is the premier text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in the history of rhetoric. Offering vivid examples of each classical rhetor, rhetorical period, and source text, students are led to understand rhetoric's role in the exchange of knowledge and ideas. Completely updated throughout, Part I of this new edition integrates new research and expanded footnotes and bibliographies for students to develop their own scholarship. Part II offers eight classical texts for reading, study, and criticism, and includes discussion questions and keys to the text in Part I.

Author : David M. Timmerman,Edward Schiappa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139485999

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Classical Greek Rhetorical Theory and the Disciplining of Discourse by David M. Timmerman,Edward Schiappa Pdf

This book contributes to the history of classical rhetoric by focusing on how key terms helped to conceptualize and organize the study and teaching of oratory. David Timmerman and Edward Schiappa demonstrate that the intellectual and political history of Greek rhetorical theory can be enhanced by a better understanding of the emergence of 'terms of art' in texts about persuasive speaking and argumentation. The authors provide a series of studies to support their argument. They describe Plato's disciplining of dialgesthai into the Art of Dialectic, Socrates' alternative vision of philosophia, and Aristotle's account of demegoria and symboule as terms for political deliberation. The authors also revisit competing receptions of the Rhetoric to Alexander. Additionally, they examine the argument over when the different parts of oration were formalized in rhetorical theory, illustrating how an 'old school' focus on vocabulary can provide fresh perspectives on persistent questions.

Author : Christopher Lyle Johnstone
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 079143107X

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Theory, Text, Context by Christopher Lyle Johnstone Pdf

Leading scholars of classical rhetoric address contemporary topics in Greek rhetoric and oratory.

Author : Robert Wardy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134757299

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The Birth of Rhetoric by Robert Wardy Pdf

What is rhetoric? Is it the capacity to persuade? Or is it 'mere' rhetoric: the ability to get others to do what the speaker wants, regardless of what they want? This is the rhetoric of ideological manipulation and political seduction. Rhetoric is for some a distinctive mode of communication; for others, whenever someone speaks, rhetoric is present. This book is devoted to helping readers understand these rival accounts, by showing how it has happened that there are so many conceptions of rhetoric. Any such approach must be rooted in classical antiquity, since our ideas of rhetoric are the product of a complicated historical process starting in ancient Greece. Greek rhetoric was born in bitter controversy. The figure of Gorgias is at the centre of that debate and of this book: he invites us to confront the terrifying, exhilarating possibility that persuasion is just power.