Demetrius and style

a brief history of the translation of a title

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https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_30_25

Keywords:

style, elocutio, conceptual history, stylistics

Abstract

The modern concept of ‘style’ – from which ‘stylistics’ is derived, a discipline that witnessed the quarrel between Linguistics and Literary studies in the 20th century – has inherited from Ancient Rhetoric its substance (figures and tropes) and was largely used as a direct translation from the Latin concept ‘elocutio’ (especially in Demetrius’ treatise De elocutione [Περὶ ἑρμηνείας]) and also as a translation for Greek concepts (usually indirectly), such as ἑρμηνεία, λέξις and φράσις. There are still some other concepts that seem intimately connected to ‘style’, for instance ‘ornatum’ and ‘decorum’. Considering that classical references of ‘style’ present themselves essential to write the history of this modern concept, this paper seeks to present a catalog of ancient concepts that have found in ‘style’ (in English and French) their traditional translation, as well as attempting to build a short history of each of these translation paths.

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Henrique Fortuna Cairus, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Graduação em Letras (Português e Grego) na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Graduação em Letras (Português e Literaturas Vernáculas) na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Mestrado em Letras Clássicas na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994) e Doutorado em Letras Clássicas na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1999). Foi Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos (Biênio 2010-2011). Atualmente é Professor Associado e Vice-Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Marina Albuquerque de Almeida, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Mestre em Interdisciplinar de Linguística Aplicada pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Bacharel em Letras (Português-Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa) pela UFRJ. Discente do Curso de Doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar de Linguística Aplicada, na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Membro discente do Proaera - Programa de Estudos em Representações da Antiguidade.

Archai 30 (2020 [3])

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Published

2020-09-04

How to Cite

Cairus, H. F., & Almeida, M. A. . de. (2020). Demetrius and style: a brief history of the translation of a title. Revista Archai, (30), e03025. https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_30_25

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No. 30 (2020): Archai 30 (2020 [3])

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