Sökning: "Late Antique rhetoric"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Late Antique rhetoric.

1. 1. Celebrating with Words : Studies in the Rhetorical Works of the Gaza School

   Författare :David Westberg; Jan Olof Rosenqvist; Ruth Webb; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gaza school; Late Antique rhetoric; Late Antique oratory; epideictic; Choricius of Gaza; Procopius of Gaza; classical tradition; mimesis; panegyric; funeral speeches; wedding speeches; ecphrasis; Classical philology; Klassiska språk; Greek; grekiska;

   Sammanfattning : This study investigates the School of Gaza, a circle of rhetoricians in Late Antique Palestine. Special attention is paid to Choricius and Procopius of Gaza, and in particular to their epideictic works. LÄS MER

3. 2. Reading John Climacus: Rhetorical Argumentation, Literary Convention and the Tradition of Monastic Formation

   Författare :Henrik Rydell Johnsén; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hermogenes; Late Antiquity; Early Christianity; Sinai; rhetoric; cardinal vices; moral formation; John Climacus; monasticism; Religious Studies and Theology; Evagrius Ponticus; progymnasmata; Seneca; Apophthegmata Patrum; Plutarch; Religion och teologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis offers an investigation of the literary form and the literary composition of The Ladder by John Climacus, as well as a study of how the author uses the tradition to form his reader. Besides a brief introduction with a survey of the previous research, the study comprises four chapters. LÄS MER