The Latin Declamatio in Renaissance Humanism
This article lays out the abundant and diverse material relating to the humanist declamatio. In their assessment of ancient declamation, the humanists stressed Cicero's practice of thesis as a rhetorical exercise, and the critique, formulated by Seneca the Elder and Quintilian, of the unrealist...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1989
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1989, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 471-478 |
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| Summary: | This article lays out the abundant and diverse material relating to the humanist declamatio. In their assessment of ancient declamation, the humanists stressed Cicero's practice of thesis as a rhetorical exercise, and the critique, formulated by Seneca the Elder and Quintilian, of the unrealistic controversia and suasoria. A common feature of the theory and practice of humanist school declamation is its highly moralistic and didactic tendency. In light of this evaluation of the material concerning humanist declamatio in general, it seems reasonable to argue that controversial declamationes, like Erasmus's Declamatio de laude matrimonii, shared the same moralistic and didactic concern. Therefore it seems unlikely that those declamationes should be considered as nothing more than rhetorical exercises. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540791 |