The introductions of Demosthenes : a rhetorical analysis
The aim of the thesis is to conduct a rhetorical analysis of the introductions of the speeches in the Demosthenic corpus and of the introductions in the collection of prooemia. The recommendations for introductions of the rhetoricians, Anaximenes and Aristotle, are itemized as numbered features so that they can be cited whenever they occur in Demosthenic introductions. The relevant research of modern authors on rhetorical style and introductions is considered. The first task of the thesis is to define the introductions of the speeches in the Demosthenic corpus and the parts of those passages in the collection of prooemia which constitute introductions. To facilitate this task lists were made of criteria which helped to indicate the point at which an introduction ends and the point at which the main part of a speech begins. To compile the lists an initial sample of orations 1-26 was considered. The rest of the speeches and the collection of prooemia were then subjected to the criterion test. Two of the speeches, orations 13 and 46, were found to have no introductions at all. While most of the prooemia are complete introductions some of them, pr. 1, pr. 2, pr. 24, pr. 27, pr. 29, pr. 30, pr. 31, pr. 35, pr.
Harley, Robert Patterson
The introductions of Demosthenes : a rhetorical analysis. The aim of the thesis is to conduct a rhetorical analysis of the introductions of the speeches in the Demosthenic corpus and of the introductions in the collection of prooemia. The recommendations for introductions of the rhetoricians, Anaximenes and Aristotle, are itemized as numbered features so that they can be cited whenever they occur in Demosthenic introductions. The relevant research of modern authors on rhetorical style and introductions is considered. The first task of the thesis is to define the introductions of the speeches in the Demosthenic corpus and the parts of those passages in the collection of prooemia which constitute introductions. To facilitate this task lists were made of criteria which helped to indicate the point at which an introduction ends and the point at which the main part of a speech begins. To compile the lists an initial sample of orations 1-26 was considered. The rest of the speeches and the collection of prooemia were then subjected to the criterion test. Two of the speeches, orations 13 and 46, were found to have no introductions at all. While most of the prooemia are complete introductions some of them, pr. 1, pr. 2, pr. 24, pr. 27, pr. 29, pr. 30, pr. 31, pr. 35, pr.
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