Code
01N01514
Looptijd
01-01-2014 → 31-01-2019
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
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Humanities and the arts
- History
- Language studies
- Literary studies
- Theory and methodology of language studies
- Theory and methodology of linguistics
- Theory and methodology of literary studies
- Other languages and literary studies
Trefwoorden
antieke retoriek
New Historicism
Griekse literatuur
Geschiedenis
Literatuurwetenschap
Projectomschrijving
A literary-rhetorical analysis of speeches, essays and biographies from the Second Sophistic (50-250 AD) will test the hypothesis that democratic elements in politics in Greek cities continued to exist under Roman imperial rule. This hypothesis challenges a long-standing and influential common opinion among both literary scholars and ancient
historians. The methodology combines ancient rhetoric and New Historicism.