RHETORIC—QUINTILIAN, MPhil—ENGLISH

MPhil—ENGLISH—BHARATHIAR UNIVERISTY

UNIT I—BLAMIERS—SUMMARY

RHETORIC—QUINTILIAN [35-95 A.D]

·        Quintilian was a Spaniard who came to Rome as a teacher of rhetoric.

·        He also worked in the law courts and became the counsel under Emperor Domitian. Later he became the tutor of the emperor’s grandnephews. He retired about the year 90 AD and composed his masterpiece—Institutio Oratoria

RHETORIC-- Cicero

RHETORIC

Cicero

S. Sreekumar

[In unit I of M.Phil syllabus of Bharathiar University, there is a lesson on Rhetoric. This lesson and the one on Quintillion are related to that. Refer to the posting on modern rhetoric to find out more on rhetoric]

In Greece and Rome, oratorical ability was expected of all those who wanted to hold positions of authority in public life. Moreover clear exposition and persuasive reasoning were necessary for litigation. Cicero and Quintilian are the great orators whose works are discussed here.

Indian Contribution to Linguistics—Panini

 Indian Contribution to Linguistics—Panini

The Origin of Indian Linguistics

[Strictly speaking, Panini is a grammarian, but his influence is far-reaching. There is hardly any field of study untouched by his innovative ideas. All students of English Literature must have some idea about Panini. The picture will become clear when you realize that Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and semiotician, widely considered to be one of the founders of 20^th century linguistics, spent his life-time as a Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Geneva. Similarly many linguists and literary theoreticians like Edward Sapir, Leonard Bloomfield and Noam Chomsky were influenced by Panini.]