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The Enthymeme - Syllogism, Reasoning, and Narrative in Ancient Greek Rhetoric (Paperback)
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The Enthymeme - Syllogism, Reasoning, and Narrative in Ancient Greek Rhetoric (Paperback)
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Central to rhetorical theory, the enthymeme is most often defined
as a truncated syllogism. Suppressing a premise that the audience
already knows, this rhetorical device relies on the audience to
fill in the missing information, thereby making the argument more
persuasive. James Fredal argues that this view of the enthymeme is
wrong. Presenting a new exegesis of Aristotle and classic texts of
Attic oratory, Fredal shows that the standard reading of
Aristotle's enthymeme is inaccurate-and that Aristotle himself
distorts what enthymemes are and how they work. From close analysis
of the Rhetoric, Topics, and Analytics, Fredal finds that
Aristotle's enthymeme is, in fact, not syllogistic and is different
from the enthymeme as it was used by Attic orators such as Lysias
and Isaeus. Fredal argues that the enthymeme, as it was originally
understood and used, is a technique of storytelling, primarily
forensic storytelling, aimed at eliciting from the audience an
inference about a narrative. According to Fredal, narrative rather
than formal logic is the seedbed of the enthymeme and of rhetoric
more broadly. The Enthymeme reassesses a fundamental doctrine of
rhetorical instruction, clarifies the viewpoints of the tradition,
and presents a new form of rhetoric for further study and use. This
groundbreaking book will be welcomed by scholars and students of
classical rhetoric, the history of rhetoric, and rhetorical theory
as well as communications studies, classical studies, and classical
philosophy.
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