Speech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical change
This thesis examines the relationship between speech and action in Dionysius' <em>Antiquitates Romanae</em>. It consists of five main chapters, an introduction and a conclusion. In the introduction I establish the <em>status quaestionis</em> and consider different modes...
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| description | This thesis examines the relationship between speech and action in Dionysius' <em>Antiquitates Romanae</em>. It consists of five main chapters, an introduction and a conclusion. In the introduction I establish the <em>status quaestionis</em> and consider different modes of presenting discourse. Chapter 2 is an intertextual analysis of Dionysius' first preface, AR I.1-8, exploring Dionysius' engagement with his Greek and Roman predecessors. I take one modern theory, concerning Dionysius apparent 'idealisation' of the Roman past, in order to examine the relationship between the <em>Antiquities</em> and Dionysius' rhetorical works. In the four chapters that follow, I trace the changing texture of narrative across the <em>Antiquities</em>, sinking shafts at moments to examine closely what is going on. First (ch. 3), I analyse speech in the Regal Period, focusing on the story of Lucretia and Brutus (AR IV.64-85), and the way that Herodotean allusion meshes with intratextual devices to narrate the fluctuations of the Regal Period. Chapter 4 is a paired reading of (4a) the story of Coriolanus' trial (VII.21-66) and (4b) the story of Coriolanus' encounter with his mother (VII.39-62). Ch. 4a concentrates on Thucydides and Isocrates, and how Coriolanus' trial binds the Greek literary past to the first-century Roman present. In 4b, I examine how Dionysius manages the shift between high politics and family relationships. Chapter 5, on the decemvirate (X.50-XI.44), explores again Roman tyranny, this time in a Republican frame; the power of the senate is consequently in point here. Chapter 6, on AR XIV-XX, probes the questions of Greek and Roman ethnicity and the individual which had arisen in the earlier chapters. In the conclusion I consider the precise question of Dionysius' Augustanism, relating it to Dionysius' apparent status in Rome. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:30012af0-0ba8-46cd-a9d8-d53d8d3f73c12024-12-07T11:33:33ZSpeech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical changeThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:30012af0-0ba8-46cd-a9d8-d53d8d3f73c1Literature (non-English)History of the ancient worldHellenic (Classical Greek) literatureEnglishOxford University Research Archive - Valet2008Hogg, DDaniel HoggPelling, CThis thesis examines the relationship between speech and action in Dionysius' <em>Antiquitates Romanae</em>. It consists of five main chapters, an introduction and a conclusion. In the introduction I establish the <em>status quaestionis</em> and consider different modes of presenting discourse. Chapter 2 is an intertextual analysis of Dionysius' first preface, AR I.1-8, exploring Dionysius' engagement with his Greek and Roman predecessors. I take one modern theory, concerning Dionysius apparent 'idealisation' of the Roman past, in order to examine the relationship between the <em>Antiquities</em> and Dionysius' rhetorical works. In the four chapters that follow, I trace the changing texture of narrative across the <em>Antiquities</em>, sinking shafts at moments to examine closely what is going on. First (ch. 3), I analyse speech in the Regal Period, focusing on the story of Lucretia and Brutus (AR IV.64-85), and the way that Herodotean allusion meshes with intratextual devices to narrate the fluctuations of the Regal Period. Chapter 4 is a paired reading of (4a) the story of Coriolanus' trial (VII.21-66) and (4b) the story of Coriolanus' encounter with his mother (VII.39-62). Ch. 4a concentrates on Thucydides and Isocrates, and how Coriolanus' trial binds the Greek literary past to the first-century Roman present. In 4b, I examine how Dionysius manages the shift between high politics and family relationships. Chapter 5, on the decemvirate (X.50-XI.44), explores again Roman tyranny, this time in a Republican frame; the power of the senate is consequently in point here. Chapter 6, on AR XIV-XX, probes the questions of Greek and Roman ethnicity and the individual which had arisen in the earlier chapters. In the conclusion I consider the precise question of Dionysius' Augustanism, relating it to Dionysius' apparent status in Rome. |
| spellingShingle | Literature (non-English) History of the ancient world Hellenic (Classical Greek) literature Hogg, D Daniel Hogg Speech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical change |
| title | Speech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical change |
| title_full | Speech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical change |
| title_fullStr | Speech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Speech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical change |
| title_short | Speech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical change |
| title_sort | speech and action in the antiquitates romanae of dionysius of halicarnassus the question of historical change |
| topic | Literature (non-English) History of the ancient world Hellenic (Classical Greek) literature |
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