Quintilian on the teaching of speaking and writing : translations from books one, two, and ten of the Institutio oratoria

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Quintilian on the teaching of speaking and writing : translations from books one, two, and ten of the Institutio oratoria

edited by James J. Murphy

(Landmarks in rhetoric and public address)

Southern Illinois University Press, c1987

  • : pbk.

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Institutiones oratoriae

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Volume

ISBN 9780809313778

Description

Quintilian s method is based on the interrelationship between speaking, reading, and writing. Murphy lists and defines the main elements that appear in the "Institutio oratorio. "Each of these elementsPrecept, Imitation, Composition Exercises, Declamation, and Sequencingis further subdivided according to goals and exercises.The first two books of the "Institutio oratorio "concern the early education of the orator, with the focus on the interplay between seen-language and heard-language. Book Ten is an adult s commentary on the instruction of rhetoric. It involves itself primarily with "facilitas, "the readiness to use language in any situation."
Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780809313785

Description

Quintilian's method is based on the interrelationship between speaking, reading, and writing. Murphy lists and defines the main elements that appear in the Institutio oratorio. Each of these elements--Precept, Imitation, Composition Exercises, Declamation, and Sequencing--is further subdivided according to goals and exercises. The first two books of the Institutio oratorio concern the early education of the orator, with the focus on the interplay between seen-language and heard-language. Book Ten is an adult's commentary on the instruction of rhetoric. It involves itself primarily with facilitas, the readiness to use language in any situation.

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  • NCID
    BA04501169
  • ISBN
    • 0809313774
    • 0809313782
  • LCCN
    87004655
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    lat
  • Place of Publication
    Carbondale
  • Pages/Volumes
    lii, 158 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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