Reading Roman Declamation: The Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian (Beiträge Zur Altertumskunde 342) English, German and French Edition

As a genre situated at the crossroad of rhetoric and fiction, declamatio offers the freedom to experiment with new forms of discourse. Placing the literariness of declamatio into the spotlight, this volume showcases declamation as a realm of genuine literary creation with its own theoretical underpinning, literary technique and generic conventions. Focusing on the oeuvre of (Ps)Quintilian, this volume demonstrates that these texts constitute a genre on their own, the rhetorical and literary framework of which remains not yet fully mapped. It is of interest to students and scholars of Rhetoric and Roman Literature. As A Genre Situated At The Crossroad Of Rhetoric And Fiction, Declamatio Offers The Freedom To Experiment With New Forms Of Discourse. Placing The Literariness Of (ps)quintilian’s Oeuvre Into The Spotlight, This Volume Showcases Declamation As A Realm Of Genuine Literary Creation With Its Own Theoretical Underpinning, Literary Technique And Generic Conventions. It Is Of Interest To Students And Scholars Of Rhetoric And Roman Literature. Introduction : Reading Roman Declamation. The Declamations Ascribed To Quintilian -- I. Practicing Roman Declamation : The Rhetoric Of Pedagogy -- A Student Speaks For Social Equality In The Roman Classroom (quintilian, Declamationes Minores 260) / Anthony Corbeill -- The Hidden Teacher : ‘metarhetoric’ In Ps.-quintilian’s Major Declamations / Antonio Stramaglia -- Ii. Constructing Roman Declamation : Quintilian’s Literary Technique -- La Controuersia Figurata Chez Quintilien (inst. 9.2.65-99) : Quelle Figure Pour Quel Plaisir? / Sylvie Franchet D’espèrey -- Entre Raison Et émotions : L’ethos Du Déclamateur De La Cinquième Grande Déclamation / Danielle Van Mal-maeder -- L’œil à L’œuvre Dans Le Tombeau Ensorcelé Du Pseudo-quintilien (decl. 10) / Catherine Schneider -- Fama In Ps-quintilian’s Major Declamations / Martin T. Dinter -- Iii. Perusing Roman Declamation : Genre And Intertext -- Noverca Et Mater Crudelis : La Perversion Féminine Dans Les Grandes Déclamations à Travers L’intertextualité / Julien Pingoud Et Alessandra Rolle -- La Medicina Nelle Declamazioni Maggiori Pseudo-quintilianee / Giovarma Longo -- Iv. Contextualizing Roman Declamation : Ethics And Politics -- Imaginative Fiction Beyond Social And Moral Norms / Joy Connolly -- Civitas Beluarum: The Politics Of Eating Your Neighbor : A Semiological Study Of Ps. Quintilian’s Twelfth Major Declamation / Orazio Cappello -- The Stepmother, The Foisted Poison And The Changed Will : Some Preliminaries For Pseudo-quintilian, Decl. Mai. 2 And Pseudo-libanius, Decl. 49 / Gernot Krapinger -- Omnibus Patemus Insidiis : Elite Vulnerability In Major Declamations 11 / Neil W. Bernstein -- Tyrans Et Tyrannicides Dans Les Petites Déclamations / Pablo Schwartz. Edited By Martin T. Dinter, Charles Guérin, Marcos Martinho. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 279-296) And Index. Introduction: Reading Roman Declamation – The declamations ascribed to Quintilian I Practicing Roman Declamation. The Rhetoric of Pedagogy Anthony Corbeill: A Student Speaks for Social Equality in the Roman Classroom (Quintilian, Declamationes Minores 260) Antonio Stramaglia: The Hidden Teacher. ‘Metarhetoric’ in Ps.-Quintilian’s Major Declamations II Constructing Roman Declamation. Quintilian’s Literary Technique Sylvie Franchet d’Espèrey: La controuersia figurata chez Quintilien (Inst. 9.2.65–99). Quelle figure pour quel plaisir? Danielle van Mal-Maeder: Entre raison et émotions: l’ethos du déclamateur de la cinquième Grande déclamation Catherine Schneider: L’oeil à l’oeuvre dans le Tombeau ensorcelé du pseudo-Quintilien (Decl. 10) Martin T. Dinter: Fama in Ps-Quintilian’s Major Declamations III Perusing Roman Declamation. Genre and Intertext Julien Pingoud et Alessandra Rolle: Noverca et mater crudelis. La perversion féminine dans les Grandes Déclamations à travers l’intertextualité Giovanna Longo: La medicina nelle Declamazioni maggiori pseudo-quintilianee IV Contextualizing Roman Declamation. Ethics and Politics Joy Connolly: Imaginative fiction beyond social and moral norms Orazio Cappello: Civitas Beluarum: The Politics of Eating Your Neighbor. A Semiological Study of Ps. Quintilian’s Twelfth Major Declamation Gernot Krapinger: The Stepmother, the Foisted Poison and the Changed Will. Some preliminaries for pseudo-Quintilian, Decl. Mai. 2 and pseudo-Libanius, Decl. 49 Neil W. Bernstein: Omnibus patemus insidiis: elite vulnerability in Major Declamations 11 Pablo Schwartz: Tyrans et tyrannicides dans les Petites déclamations As a genre situated at the crossroad of rhetoric and fiction, declamatio offers the freedom to experiment with new forms of discourse. Placing the literariness of (Ps)Quintilian s oeuvre into the spotlight, this volume showcases declamation as a realm of genuine literary creation with its own theoretical underpinning, literary technique and generic conventions. It is of interest to students and scholars of rhetoric and Roman Literature. " As a genre situated at the crossroad of rhetoric and fiction, declamatio offers the freedom to experiment with new forms of discourse. Placing the literariness of Quintillian's oeuvre into the spotlight, this volume showcases declamation as a realm of genuine literary creation with its own theoretical underpinning, literary technique and generic conventions. It is of interest to students and scholars of rhetoric and Roman Literature