Journal article
Isocrates's use of narrative in the Evagoras: Epideictic rhetoric and moral action
The Quarterly journal of speech, Vol.73(3), pp.317-328
08/01/1987
DOI: 10.1080/00335638709383811
Abstract
Examining the Evagoras from the perspective of contemporary narrative theory, this essay inquires into the internal adjustments that the encomium underwent as epideictic rhetoric sought to play a role in the affairs of the state. The innovative nature of Isocrates's encomium is located in the uniqueness of its narrative structure: a combination of a fictional narrative (the quest of virtue) with a historical narrative (the biographical sketch of the Cyprian king).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Isocrates's use of narrative in the Evagoras: Epideictic rhetoric and moral action
- Creators
- Takis Poulakos - University of Pittsburgh
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Quarterly journal of speech, Vol.73(3), pp.317-328
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/00335638709383811
- ISSN
- 0033-5630
- eISSN
- 1479-5779
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/1987
- Academic Unit
- Rhetoric
- Record Identifier
- 9984397201202771
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