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Roman Rhetoric 200BC-300AD. Borrowing, Practicing, Teaching Three Leading Characters Cicero “The Greatest Roman Orator (106-43BC) Quintilian “The Greatest Roman Teacher” (35-100AD) Longinus “On the Subline” (213-273AD). Cicero. Many Sources De Inventione
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Roman Rhetoric200BC-300AD • Borrowing, Practicing, Teaching • Three Leading Characters • Cicero “The Greatest Roman Orator (106-43BC) • Quintilian “The Greatest Roman Teacher” (35-100AD) • Longinus “On the Subline” (213-273AD)
Cicero • Many Sources • De Inventione • Thought Aristotle's notion of ethos developed in the speech only was inadequate.
Cicero’s 5 Rhetorical Canon • Inventio • Dispositio • Elocutio • Pronuntiatio • Memoria
The Systems • Stasis and Topics • Stasis--a stopping point (power of naming) • Fact -- is it? • Definition--what is it? • Value--good or bad? • Action--do? • Topics--common places (buildings, books, movies)
Cicero’s De Oratore • Three purposes of speech • To teach • To delight • To persuade • Humor
Marcus Fabius Quintilian • The Good Man Speaking Well • Parts of a speech • Exordium-introduction • Narratio--facts • Confirmatio--proof • Confutatio-refutation • Peroratio-conclusion
Longinus • On the Sublime • Style--more than mere adornment • The power of aesthetics