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Ancient Rhetoric as a Hermeneutical Tool for the Analysis of Characterization in Narrative Literature

Author(s) -

Koen De Temmerman

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

rhetorica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 1533-8541

pISSN - 0734-8584

DOI - 10.1525/rh.2010.28.1.23

Subject(s) - depiction , rhetorical question , rhetoric , narrative , conceptualization , character (mathematics) , characterization (materials science) , literature , ancient literature , narrative inquiry , epistemology , philosophy , history , art , linguistics , materials science , geometry , mathematics , nanotechnology

This article argues that the conceptualization of the notions of character and characterization in ancient rhetorical treatises can serve as a hermeneutical tool for the analysis of characterization in narrative literature. It offers an analysis of ancient rhetorical loci and techniques of character depiction and points out that ancient rhetorical theory discusses direct, metaphorical, and metonymical techniques of characterization. Ultimately, it provides the modern scholar with a paradigm for the analysis of characterization in (ancient) narrative literature

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