The Stylistic Influence of the Second Sophistic on the Panegyrical Sermons of St. John Chrysostom; a Study in Greek Rhetoric .. - Couverture souple
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The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the influence of the Second Sophistic Rhetoric on St. John Chrysostom by studying in his sermons the chief figures of speech employed by the sophist rhetors, as well as the sophistic ecphrasis. From the vast bulk of Chrysostom ssermons, about 45o in number, we have selected the Sermones Panegyrici sen in Solemnities as most likely to show the sophistic influence. The epideictic discourse was in fact the most favored by the rhetors, and allowed the fullest display of rhetorical resources. The panegyrical sermons comprise some of the most celebrated sermons of Chrysostom, vis., the seven Panegyrics on St. Paul and the Festal Discourses. We have not, however, entirely neglected the other sermons, and have included in our study the first four Homilies on the Statues, the two On Eutropius, two On His Return from Exile, and one A gainst the Games and Theatres. An examination of the tendencies of profane rhetoric in the sermons of the greatest orator of the Eastern Church will, we hope, be a welcome contribution to one of the most interesting problems of today, the literary relations between Hellenism and Christianity. In regard to this question our study aims to continue the investigations made by L. Meridier in his work: Llnfluence de la seconde sophistique sur I oeuvre de Gregoire de Nysse, as well as by M. Guignet: St. Gregoire de Nazianze etla Rhetorique. We have followed substantially the plan of these scholars, and have been guided by their methods in the handling of our subject. We have, however, confined our study to the strictly rhetorical influences as they appear in the tropes, figures of speech, and the ecphrasis of the above mentioned sermons, while their works embrace not only the study of the tropes and figures, but also the composition and the dialectics of the sermons and other writings of Gregory
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