The genres of rhetorical speeches in Greek and Roman antiquity
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The genres of rhetorical speeches in Greek and Roman antiquity
（International studies in the history of rhetoric, v. 5）
Brill, 2013
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In The Genres of Rhetorical Speeches in Greek and Roman Antiquity, Cristina Pepe offers a complete overview of the concept of speech genre within ancient rhetoric. By analyzing sources dating from the 5th-4th century BC, the author proves that the well-known classification in three rhetorical genres (deliberative, judicial, epideictic), introduced by Aristotle, was rooted in the debate concerning the forms and functions of the art of persuasion in classical Athens. Genres play a leading role in Aristotle's Rhetoric, and the analysis of considerable sections of the treatise shows profound links between the characterization of the rhetorical genres and Aristotelian philosophy as a whole. Finally, the volume explores the developments of the theory of genres in Hellenistic and Imperial rhetoric.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS AND OTHER CONVENTIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART I: SPEECH CLASSIFICATION IN THE 5TH AND 4TH CENTURY BC
Chapter One. The practice of oratory in classical Greece
Chapter Two. The Sophists and the forms of
Chapter Three. Thucydides. The assembly and democratic deliberation
Chapter Four. Plato
Chapter Five. Isocrates
Chapter Six. Demosthenes
Chapter Seven. The Rhetoric to Alexander
PART II: THE SYSTEM OF GENRES IN ARISTOTLE'S RHETORIC
Chapter One. Aristotle's Rhetoric
Chapter Two. The concept of genre in Aristotle
Chapter Three. The three genres of rhetoric: definition and classification
Chapter Four. Characterizing the genres : principles and models
Chapter Five. Genres and topics
Chapter Six. The style ( ) and arrangement ( ) of the genres
Chapter Seven. Divisiones Aristoteleae
PART III: RHETORICAL GENRES IN HELLENISTIC AND IMPERIAL AGES
Chapter One. Oratorical practice
Chapter Two. The success of the Aristotelian classification
Chapter Three. The debate on the scheme's validity: problems and solutions
Chapter Four. The theory of genres in the rhetorical system
Chapter five. Classifying, describing, interpreting speeches
Chapter six. Rhetorical genres and pedagogical practices
CONCLUSION
TESTIMONIA
APPENDIX. SPEECH GENRES IN CONTEMPORARY RHETORICAL THEORY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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