Heath, MF orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-2087 (2017) Rhetoric and Pedagogy. In: MacDonald, MJ, (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies. Oxford University Press , New York , pp. 73-83. ISBN 9780199731596
Abstract
This article traces the development of rhetorical pedagogy from Homer to late antiquity. It is clear from Homer that effective public speaking was valued in archaic Greece, and seen as a teachable skill. Formalised and theorised rhetorical pedagogy was developed gradually by the sophists of the fifth and early fourth centuries BC, but the evidence for their work is very limited. Isocrates and the author of the Rhetoric to Alexander build on earlier sophistic rhetoric in different ways. Evidence becomes most abundant in late antiquity, from the second century AD onwards. Innovations in rhetorical theory and concurrent changes in the structure of pedagogical practice in this period reflect the perennial responsiveness of rhetoric as a practical discipline to its socio-cultural context.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Heath, MF (2017) Rhetoric and Pedagogy. In: MacDonald, MJ, (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199731596.013.005 |
Keywords: | History; rhetoric; pedagogy; Homer; sophists; Isocrates; late antiquity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Humanities (Leeds) > Classics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2018 15:41 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2018 15:41 |
Published Version: | http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxford... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199731596.013.005 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133340 |