LAURA CERETA’S ART OF PARADEIGMATA AND ERISTIC STYLE
LAURA CERETA’S ART OF PARADEIGMATA AND ERISTIC STYLE
Author(s): Daniel R. FredrickSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Laura Cereta; paradeigmata; style; rhetorical analysis; Renaissance; Italy; eristic; author.
Summary/Abstract: Laura Cereta’s Art of Paradeigmata and Eristic Style. Laura Cereta (1469–1499) was an eighteen-year old female author who fought for women’s education during the Italian Renaissance. Cereta’s Letter to Bibulous Sempronious. Defense of the Liberal Instruction of Women reveals two powerful rhetorical strategies for marginalized authors: the argument from paradeigmata and the use of an eristic, wrangling prose style.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 58/2013
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 15-20
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
