Declamation and education in the rhetorical schools during the Roman empire period

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26884011
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIDA Shunichiro 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 助教 (00738065)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 西洋古典学 / ラテン文学 / 修辞学 / レトリック

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research investigates how rhetoric worked in the 1st century CE, focusing on the exercises in the rhetorical schools, especially on declamations, which was the most important of them. While declamation is often regarded as impractical and useless, this research puts emphasis on its educational value. It has shown from references in the literatures of this period how declamation was conducted in the rhetorical schools and how it could function effectively as an education in rhetoric.

Free Research Field

西洋古典学、特にラテン散文・修辞学