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Classical Greek and Roman rhetoric and the modern audience
Author(s) -
Purdie David W
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2003.01718.x
Subject(s) - rhetoric , presentation (obstetrics) , rhetorical question , style (visual arts) , relevance (law) , structuring , ancient greek , subject (documents) , ancient greece , sociology , literature , aesthetics , psychology , linguistics , history , art , classics , philosophy , medicine , computer science , political science , law , radiology , library science
The formal structuring of oral discourse or rhetoric was highly developed in antiquity. Both Greek and Roman authorities on the subject codified for orators an arrangement of material and a contextual format which have utility in the present day. The art of public lecturing should encompass relevance of material, structure of presentation and style of delivery in order to render the whole enjoyable and memorable. Teaching does not cause learning, but skilful rhetorical technique can imbue the student with a potent desire for further self‐directed study. In this field, the ancient is auxiliary to the modern.