In a society where public speech was integral to the decision-making process, and where all affairs pertaining to the community were the subject of democratic debate, the communication between the speaker and his audience in the public forum, whether the law-court or the Assembly, cannot be separated from the notion of performance. Attic Orat
In a society where public speech was integral to the decision-making process, and where all affairs pertaining to the community were the subject of democratic debate, the communication between the speaker and his audience in the public forum, whether the law-court or the Assembly, cannot be separated from the notion of performance. Attic Orat
Andreas Serafim is a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and Adjunct Lecturer at the Open University of Cyprus. He has also been Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Cyprus (2014-2015) and Honorary Research Fellow (2013-2015) and Assistant Lecturer in Ancient Greek (2012-2013) at University College London.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Current perspectives and approaches What this book is about Performance Studies and Attic oratory Audience and speaker in the law-court Four case studies The Embassy Case The Crown Case Outline Chapter 1. The Hermeneutic Framework: An Analytical Approach The notion of performance: conceptual groundwork Performance in the theatre and the law-court Judicial oratory in/as performance: Aeschines 2, 3 and Demosthenes 18, 19 Constructed audience Other strategies to influence the audience Reconsidering ekphrasis through the lens of ancient theory The depiction of litigants, thopoiia Conceptual groundwork The performative dimension of oratorical portraiture Inter-generic portraiture Hypocrisis - Delivery Script, revision and extemporisation A note on the use of ancient sources Chapter 2. Construction and manipulation Addresses to the audience and civic community Law-court "Big Brother"! Emotional appeals Direct/explicit appeals to emotions Indirect/inexplicit appeals to emotions Defence versus prosecution The language of performance: imperatives and questions Chapter 3. Aeschines and Demosthenes in the Theatre of Justice Political thespians in the law-court The use of quotations "He is proud of his voice": oral excess in the law-court "Drive him away and hiss him out": inviting the audience reaction Chapter 4. thopoiia: an inter-generic portrayal of character Comic or laughter-inducing thopoiia Comic stereotyping Inversion of tragedy into comedy Ridiculing sexuality Character portraiture: traged
Introduction Current perspectives and approaches What this book is about Performance Studies and Attic oratory Audience and speaker in the law-court Four case studies The Embassy Case The Crown Case Outline Chapter 1. The Hermeneutic Framework: An Analytical Approach The notion of performance: conceptual groundwork Performance in the theatre and the law-court Judicial oratory in/as performance: Aeschines 2, 3 and Demosthenes 18, 19 Constructed audience Other strategies to influence the audience Reconsidering ekphrasis through the lens of ancient theory The depiction of litigants, thopoiia Conceptual groundwork The performative dimension of oratorical portraiture Inter-generic portraiture Hypocrisis - Delivery Script, revision and extemporisation A note on the use of ancient sources Chapter 2. Construction and manipulation Addresses to the audience and civic community Law-court "Big Brother"! Emotional appeals Direct/explicit appeals to emotions Indirect/inexplicit appeals to emotions Defence versus prosecution The language of performance: imperatives and questions Chapter 3. Aeschines and Demosthenes in the Theatre of Justice Political thespians in the law-court The use of quotations "He is proud of his voice": oral excess in the law-court "Drive him away and hiss him out": inviting the audience reaction Chapter 4. thopoiia: an inter-generic portrayal of character Comic or laughter-inducing thopoiia Comic stereotyping Inversion of tragedy into comedy Ridiculing sexuality Character portraiture: traged
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