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Roman Rhetoric 200 BC - 300 AD

Roman Rhetoric 200 BC - 300 AD. Borrowing, Practicing, Teaching Two Leading Characters Cicero “The Greatest Roman Orator (106-43BC) Quintilian “The Greatest Roman Teacher” (35-100AD). Cicero. Many Sources De Inventione

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Roman Rhetoric 200 BC - 300 AD

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  1. Roman Rhetoric200 BC - 300 AD • Borrowing, Practicing, Teaching • Two Leading Characters • Cicero “The Greatest Roman Orator (106-43BC) • Quintilian “The Greatest Roman Teacher” (35-100AD)

  2. Cicero • Many Sources • De Inventione • Thought Aristotle's notion of ethos developed in the speech only was inadequate.

  3. Cicero’s 5 Rhetorical Canon • Inventio • Dispositio • Elocutio • Pronuntiatio • Memoria

  4. The Systems • Stasis and Topics • Stasis -- a stopping point (power of naming) • Fact -- is it? Does it exist? • Definition -- what is it? • Value -- is it good or bad? • Action -- what does it do? • Topics -- common places • Progress is good • Anyone can become president

  5. Cicero’s De Oratore • Three purposes of speech • To teach • To delight • To persuade • Humor

  6. Marcus Fabius Quintilian • The Good Man Speaking Well • Parts of a speech • Exordium -- introduction • Narratio -- facts • Confirmatio -- proof • Confutatio -- refutation • Peroratio -- conclusion

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