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The Enthymeme : Syllogism, Reasoning, and Narrative in Ancient Greek Rhetoric / James Fredal.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780271086835
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.00938 23
LOC classification:
  • BC185 .F74 2020
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One 3.0 -- 1. Enthymeme 3.0 -- 2. 3.0 and Its Problems -- Part Two 2.0 -- 3. Aristotle, Sullogismos, and 2.0 -- 4. 2.0 and Its Problems -- Part Three 1.0 -- 5 Enthymizing in the Orators -- 6 Oratorical Enthymizing in Context -- 7 Enthymizing and Adversarial Narratives -- Part Four Lysias and the Enthymeme -- 8. Enthymizing in Lysias 1, On the Death of Eratosthenes -- 9. A Many-Layered Tale -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: Central to rhetorical theory, the enthymeme is most often defined as a truncated syllogism. Suppressing a premise that the audience already knows, this rhetorical device relies on the audience to fill in the missing information, thereby making the argument more persuasive. James Fredal argues that this view of the enthymeme is wrong. Presenting a new exegesis of Aristotle and classic texts of Attic oratory, Fredal shows that the standard reading of Aristotle’s enthymeme is inaccurate—and that Aristotle himself distorts what enthymemes are and how they work.From close analysis of the Rhetoric, Topics, and Analytics, Fredal finds that Aristotle’s enthymeme is, in fact, not syllogistic and is different from the enthymeme as it was used by Attic orators such as Lysias and Isaeus. Fredal argues that the enthymeme, as it was originally understood and used, is a technique of storytelling, primarily forensic storytelling, aimed at eliciting from the audience an inference about a narrative. According to Fredal, narrative rather than formal logic is the seedbed of the enthymeme and of rhetoric more broadly.The Enthymeme reassesses a fundamental doctrine of rhetorical instruction, clarifies the viewpoints of the tradition, and presents a new form of rhetoric for further study and use. This groundbreaking book will be welcomed by scholars and students of classical rhetoric, the history of rhetoric, and rhetorical theory as well as communications studies, classical studies, and classical philosophy.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One 3.0 -- 1. Enthymeme 3.0 -- 2. 3.0 and Its Problems -- Part Two 2.0 -- 3. Aristotle, Sullogismos, and 2.0 -- 4. 2.0 and Its Problems -- Part Three 1.0 -- 5 Enthymizing in the Orators -- 6 Oratorical Enthymizing in Context -- 7 Enthymizing and Adversarial Narratives -- Part Four Lysias and the Enthymeme -- 8. Enthymizing in Lysias 1, On the Death of Eratosthenes -- 9. A Many-Layered Tale -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Central to rhetorical theory, the enthymeme is most often defined as a truncated syllogism. Suppressing a premise that the audience already knows, this rhetorical device relies on the audience to fill in the missing information, thereby making the argument more persuasive. James Fredal argues that this view of the enthymeme is wrong. Presenting a new exegesis of Aristotle and classic texts of Attic oratory, Fredal shows that the standard reading of Aristotle’s enthymeme is inaccurate—and that Aristotle himself distorts what enthymemes are and how they work.From close analysis of the Rhetoric, Topics, and Analytics, Fredal finds that Aristotle’s enthymeme is, in fact, not syllogistic and is different from the enthymeme as it was used by Attic orators such as Lysias and Isaeus. Fredal argues that the enthymeme, as it was originally understood and used, is a technique of storytelling, primarily forensic storytelling, aimed at eliciting from the audience an inference about a narrative. According to Fredal, narrative rather than formal logic is the seedbed of the enthymeme and of rhetoric more broadly.The Enthymeme reassesses a fundamental doctrine of rhetorical instruction, clarifies the viewpoints of the tradition, and presents a new form of rhetoric for further study and use. This groundbreaking book will be welcomed by scholars and students of classical rhetoric, the history of rhetoric, and rhetorical theory as well as communications studies, classical studies, and classical philosophy.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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