Open AccessReforming the Tudor Dialogue: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Seymour Baker House
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
renaissance and reformation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2293-7374
pISSN - 0034-429X
DOI - 10.33137/rr.v35i1.10676
Subject(s) - erasmus+ , rhetorical question , rhetoric , theme (computing) , style (visual arts) , epistemology , aesthetics , philosophy , sociology , literature , linguistics , history , art , art history , computer science , the renaissance , operating system
This case study assesses the implications of rhetorical style in dialogues by Thomas Becon and his contemporary, Desiderius Erasmus. Becon imitated an Erasmian theme but rejected Erasmus's classically oriented rhetoric and the epistemology it advanced. Instead, he used the dialogue form as a vehicle for what is primarily an oral (homiletic) exhortation, which reveals a profoundly different approach to the pursuit of truth and illustrates the widening cultural gap between moderate and radical religious reformers.