Ad te scribam nescio: Cicero in exile and the usage of pathos to avoid the obligation to write
We analyze the use of rhetorical resources in Ciceronian epistolary discourse through which the preserving the orator’s ethos was possible (MAINGUENEAU, 2014) during his exile (58-57 BC). Through their correspondence, Roman aristocrats of the final years of the Republic mediated their social relatio...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) |
| Repositorio: | Rónai |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufjf.br:article/35783 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/35783 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | República Romana Retórica Epístolas Cícero Exílio Roman Republic Rhetoric Epistles Cicero Exile |
| Resumo: | We analyze the use of rhetorical resources in Ciceronian epistolary discourse through which the preserving the orator’s ethos was possible (MAINGUENEAU, 2014) during his exile (58-57 BC). Through their correspondence, Roman aristocrats of the final years of the Republic mediated their social relations at a distance, using letters as an alternative to personal interaction, whenever necessary. Considering that the absence (absentia) of an amicus could be considered problematic and that the delay in sending letters could cause problems for the Roman citizen ethos, Cicero used pathetici resources when figuring his exile to mitigate the potential damages of his infrequent writing. Thus, we selected excerpts from letters written by Cicero in his exile and analyzed how he used pathos for the preservation of his ethos by means of his epistolary discourse. Cicero's exile allowed him to write in a unique way, which subverted the expected behavior of an aristocrat by using his pathos. |
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