Genres of Rhetorical Speeches in Greek and Roman Antiquity

Cristina Pepe, Ph.D. (2011) in Classical Philology (University of Naples, co-direction with University of Strasbourg), is Post-Doc Researcher at the University of Trento and Lecturer in Latin Literature. Her published articles focus on Greek and Roman rhetoric.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSABBREVIATIONS AND OTHER CONVENTIONSINTRODUCTIONPART I: SPEECH CLASSIFICATION IN THE 5TH AND 4TH CENTURY BCChapter One. The practice of oratory in classical GreeceChapter Two. The Sophists and the forms of λόγοςChapter Three. Thucydides. The assembly and democratic deliberationChapter Four. PlatoChapter Five. IsocratesChapter Six. DemosthenesChapter Seven. The Rhetoric to AlexanderPART II: THE SYSTEM OF GENRES IN ARISTOTLE’S RHETORICChapter One. Aristotle's Rhetoric Chapter Two. The concept of genre in AristotleChapter Three. The three genres of rhetoric: definition and classificationChapter Four. Characterizing the genres : principles and modelsChapter Five. Genres and topicsChapter Six. The style (λέξις) and arrangement (τάξις) of the genresChapter Seven. Divisiones AristoteleaePART III: RHETORICAL GENRES IN HELLENISTIC AND IMPERIAL AGESChapter One. Oratorical practiceChapter Two. The success of the Aristotelian classificationChapter Three. The debate on the scheme’s validity: problems and solutionsChapter Four. The theory of genres in the rhetorical systemChapter five. Classifying, describing, interpreting speechesChapter six. Rhetorical genres and pedagogical practicesCONCLUSIONTESTIMONIAAPPENDIX. SPEECH GENRES IN CONTEMPORARY RHETORICAL THEORYBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

"Das Buch bietet insgesamt einen guten Überblick über die Herausbildung und die Entwicklung der rhetorischen Gattungen von der Klassik bis zur Spätantike. (...) Für alle, die sich allgemein für die antike Rhetorik interessieren (besonders auch Nichtspezialisten), [liegt] grade in der ausführlichen und klaren Darstellung der größte Nutzen des Werks" Carlo Scardino, Gnomon, vol 88, issue 5, 2016.