As if you were there
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20061471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Webb (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 157-169 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Forensic Narratives in Athenian Courts (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315104461-11 |
| OpenAlex | W2964868999 |
| ISBN | 9781315104461 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Quintilian’s account of his response to Cicero makes clear that the listener has a vital role to play in the reception of enargeia, calling on their own experiences and associations in order to create the image. The impact of enargeia within a narration may thus be simultaneously emotional and cognitive, leading to a fresh understanding of the people and events in question. A significant example comes from Lysias, the ultimate master of enargeia according to Dionysius, and shows how its subtle use, intertwined with argumentation, can produce its effects. Lysias’ own account of his escape from the house in which was about to be arrested by the Thirty is a well-known example that encourages the listeners to share the experience of moving through the space of the house and to share his emotions. The unusually long narration, uninterrupted by witness statements or by intermediate argumentation, is particularly complex in its presentation in terms of time and voice
Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · History · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |