The dialectic of orality and literacy
The case of book 4 of Augustine's De doctrina christiana
This article criticizes 20th century scholarship on De doctrina christiana by contending that book 4 has often been misread through a lens that privileges written composition, so much a part of present consciousness but not necessarily applicable to Augustine's own time and rhetorical exigence.
Author: | John D. Schaeffer |
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Published: |
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2008
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Pages: | 289-307 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Originally published as "The dialectic of orality and literacy : the case of book 4 of Augustine's De doctrina christiana", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 111/5 (1996): 1133-1145. |
Format: | Chapter |
Topic: | -
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Eloquence
- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic > Christian rhetoric - Works > Doctrinal works > De doctrina christiana > doc. Chr. 4 - Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Communication des consciences. Le Maître intérieur. Pédagogie] > [Pédagogie] > [Pédagogie et langage] |
Parent Work: | The Rhetoric of St. Augustine of Hippo |
Status: | Active |