The present work aims to read the text of Quintilian’s Institutio oratoria, in particular books I-II and XII, according to a multi-level reception, which highlights on the one hand the act of writing the work by the Spanish rhetorician, with his considerations on the subject, and on the other the act of reading the text by a hypothetical student, his family and his teacher. After an introduction to the personality of Quintilian and an initial remark on why we should read his work nowadays, the analysis follows, which also proceeds by investigating how the author expresses himself within the speech, trying to identify the points where the interlocutor changes or combines; the interest will then also focus on Quintilian as a historical figure and worker. The conclusions, divided into two sections, will summarize the analysis conducted for each of the three recipients, plus the author: on the one hand they will identify the intrinsic messages of the text and the internal narratological relationships (1), on the other they will try to show a possible connection of the work with the world of the 21st century (2). Two Appendices complete the work: the first is an expansion relating to the preface of book VI, the other collects the points of the Latin text that were useful for the analysis.
Il presente lavoro si propone di leggere il testo dell’Institutio oratoria di Quintiliano, in particolare dei libri I-II e XII, secondo una ricezione a più livelli, che mette in luce da un lato l’atto della scrittura dell’opera da parte del retore spagnolo, con le sue considerazioni sulla materia, dall’altro l’atto della lettura del testo da parte di un ipotetico studente, la sua famiglia e il suo insegnante. Dopo un’introduzione al personaggio di Quintiliano e a una prima riflessione sul perché leggere la sua opera ai giorni nostri, segue l’analisi, che procede anche indagando come all’interno del discorso l’autore si esprime, cercando di individuare i punti dove l’interlocutore cambia o si combina; l’interesse poi verterà anche sulla figura di Quintiliano come personaggio storico e addetto ai lavori. Le conclusioni, divise in due sezioni, riassumeranno l’analisi condotta per ciascuno dei tre destinatari, più l’autore: da una parte individueranno i messaggi intrinseci al testo e i rapporti narratologici interni (1), dall’altra proveranno a mostrare un possibile collegamento dell’opera col mondo del XXI secolo (2). Completano il lavoro due Appendici: la prima è un’espansione relativa al proemio del libro VI, l’altra raccoglie i punti del testo latino risultati utili per l’analisi.
Per chi scrive Quintiliano? L'atto della lettura in Institutio oratoria I-II e XII
VISENTIN, LORENZO
2023/2024
Abstract
The present work aims to read the text of Quintilian’s Institutio oratoria, in particular books I-II and XII, according to a multi-level reception, which highlights on the one hand the act of writing the work by the Spanish rhetorician, with his considerations on the subject, and on the other the act of reading the text by a hypothetical student, his family and his teacher. After an introduction to the personality of Quintilian and an initial remark on why we should read his work nowadays, the analysis follows, which also proceeds by investigating how the author expresses himself within the speech, trying to identify the points where the interlocutor changes or combines; the interest will then also focus on Quintilian as a historical figure and worker. The conclusions, divided into two sections, will summarize the analysis conducted for each of the three recipients, plus the author: on the one hand they will identify the intrinsic messages of the text and the internal narratological relationships (1), on the other they will try to show a possible connection of the work with the world of the 21st century (2). Two Appendices complete the work: the first is an expansion relating to the preface of book VI, the other collects the points of the Latin text that were useful for the analysis.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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