Rhetorical Theory in Sixteenth-Century Spain: A Critical Survey

During the last thirty years, a growing scholarly attention has been paid to Spanish rhetoric. This paper gives an overview of the main studies on the subject and, with detailed bibliographical reference, draws a picture which presents the main features of Spanish rhetorical theory in the sixteenth...

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Published inRhetorica Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 133 - 148
Main Author López, Jorge Fernández
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berkeley Johns Hopkins University Press 01.03.2002
Subjects
16th century
Language history
Learning
Poetics
Rhetoric
Spanish
Teaching
Europe
Spain
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Summary:During the last thirty years, a growing scholarly attention has been paid to Spanish rhetoric. This paper gives an overview of the main studies on the subject and, with detailed bibliographical reference, draws a picture which presents the main features of Spanish rhetorical theory in the sixteenth century. Thus, references are made to the Council of Trent and its encouraging of sacred rhetoric, to the weight of Ciceronianism among Spanish rhetoricians -albeit some exceptions-, to the rigid detachment between rhetoric and poetics, to the relatively high production on the subject and to the limited influence of rhetoric and classical learning in the teaching of the time. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:0734-8584
1533-8541
1533-8541
DOI:10.1353/rht.2002.0021