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Declamation (from the Latin: declamatio) is an artistic form of public speaking. It is a dramatic oration designed to express through articulation, emphasis and gesture the full sense of the text being conveyed.
This introduction explains the nature of ‘declamation’, not only in terms of the genre’s specific attributes but also in comparison with other Latin literary forms such as epic, satire, historiography, and philosophy.
23 gru 2023 · Declamation refers to the public recitation of speeches, usually with expressive and rhetorical delivery. While a poem emphasizes creative language, structure, and personal expression, a declamation focuses on public speaking skills, oratory, and the powerful delivery of pre-written text.
2 dni temu · Antiphon's Tetralogies, arranged in speeches for and against, exemplify techniques of argument. Gorgias' Palamedēs displays a clear articulation that marks off parts of the speech and stages in the argument, and is plainly intended to train the student in systematic exposition.
25 paź 2017 · A declamation in the ancient Greco-Roman context refers to a speech in the character of a speaker before an imaginary law court on a fictional, mythical, or historical theme.
3 lut 2014 · A declamation is a rhetorical performance whose imagined occasion differs from its concrete occasion. A premise is set, and then one speaks according to it: “A hero and an orator were seeking the consulate” (Calpurnius Flaccus, Declamations 47).
Declamation (Lat. declamatio, Gk. meletē) was over a very long period the main means employed by teachers of rhetoric to train their pupils for public speaking. It was invented by the Greeks, who brought it to Rome and the Roman world generally.
