ENGL101B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Metonymy, Quintilian, Alliteration
23 Sep 2016
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Revival of cicero and quintillian (sources of renaissance learning) Not a revival of rhetoric"s characteristics but it considered as an infinite o science o. Remember aristotle said that rhetoric was an offshoot of ethics and. Revival of full political and legal, and social sense. Studied, trained, and engaged troops in (rhetorical) latin. Imagine rhetoric"s influence at the time in european university life. Question"s of shakespeare"s actually writing his work (poor educated) Learning was in latin not english (latin of cicero) Reverse translation exercise (latin to english back to latin) Helped the multi-level thoughts, comparisons and depth of the writer/orator. Had to understand metaphors, metonymy and explain the meaning of figures and how it connected to the text o. Modern day language is about efficiency and ease of understanding o o o. Skill to impersonate and act, perform in public o. Holds true to the classical elements of rhetoric. Interrogate the myths of tudor rhetorical culture o.
