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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"exemplum"”.
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"Breve Y Eficaz:" Exemplum And Pedagogy In Iberian Didactic Literature (1169-1611)
… this application of storytelling than the “exemplum,” brief narratives with a moral lesson. Through these short historical or fictitious tales, various preachers, tutors, and counselors sought to shape the religious, political, and ethical decisions of audiences. Some of the most iconic …
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A Study of Three Related Versions of the Medieval Exemplum "The Incestuous Daughter"
… three versions of the medieval religious exemplum "The Incestuous Daughter" offer a glimpse into medieval England' s ideas about sexuality and religion. The evaluation of the variation in language among the three versions, as well as a comparison of the usage of now extinct word forms …
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Leading by Example: The Pastoral Pedagogy of John Mirk's 'Festial'
… In Chapter One I use the Festial to situate the exemplum in its parish context. I argue that while exempla have a long and intricate history in rhetoric, preaching manuals included, the prevalence of the device in late-medieval preaching directly corresponds to the pedagogic drive of the Church …
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Roman Nostalgia Exemplarity and Romanitas in Late Republican and Imperial Literature
… in Renaissance Italian authors. Briefly, an exemplum is historical person who offers, through a particular deed or series of deeds, a model of action. In the case of Rome, whatever the other attendant virtues, the exemplum must always fit the mold of <em>Romanitas</em>. Each chapter, then, …
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Developing an artificial colour-sound association for musical composition
… great composers - Messiaen, Scriabin, Liszt in exemplum - have been found to have an internal colour world that responds to music and characterises the way they experience and express music. Many of these artists, it could be strongly argued, had the neurological trait synaesthesia. The author, …
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Repertorio degli "exempla" di Iacopo Mazza. Fonti, temi, motivi.
… tale ricerca rivela la presenza vivissima dell "exemplum", a ulteriore dimostrazione se ce ne fosse ancora bisogno che la grande stagione dell esempio parenetico non finisce con il secolo XIII, come asseriva Tubach, smentito ormai da numerosi studi. Di più, la ricerca delle fonti utilizzate dal …
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Shakespeare's deconstruction of exempla in Troilus and Cressida
… her traditional position as a negative exemplum with a clear, singular meaning. The contradiction she embodies also applies to the play as a whole. The limited viewpoint the audience is given in Troilus and Cressida and the ambiguity of the characters undermine both specific examples of …
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The Mechanical Arts and Poiesis in the Philosophy and Literature of the Twelfth-Century Schools
… currency for certain authors – as an image or exemplum for the process of learning. Its procedures and activities could be held up as a mirror to those of the liberal and especially verbal arts, picturing these in the terms of poiesis – an ancient model for philosophy as ‘sense making’ or …
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INNOCENCE, SUFFERING, AND SENSIBILITY: THE NARRATIVE FUNCTION OF THE PATHETIC IN CHAUCER'S TALES OF THE CLERK, PRIORESS, AND PHYSICIAN (ENGLAND)
… that it is intended primarily not as a moral exemplum but as a troubling vision of the world which moves its audience to self-awareness and scrutiny. The Physician--through a tale which dramatizes the dangers of the world, the ideal human nature against which each is judged, the uncertainty of …
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Ἕρκος Ἀθηναίων: The Ajax Myth, the Trojan War, and Civic Ideology in Fifth-Century Athens
… of Salamis by articulating the Ajax myth as an exemplum. The scope of the Ajax myth also provided Athens with a means to address its political anxieties, as it shifted during the fifth century from Greece’s dark-horse champion at the Battle of Salamis, to Delian League hegemon, and finally to …
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Objects and anxiety in late medieval English writing
… of the divine. Though Chaucer provides an exemplum in the form of St. Cecile, who requires no contact with goods to realize her destiny of becoming an early Christian martyr, he ultimately concludes that, for less saintly individuals, it is impossible to ignore the senses, and particularly …
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El Psicoanálisis como práctica de discurso: perspectiva de la prevención en ámbitos socio-educativos
… understanding the whole, taking the status of exemplum and paradigmatic value (Agamben, 2009). This thesis comprehensively supports the perspective oriented with Psychoanalysis in the preventive clinic, whose relevance is significant as the social task in prevention is a prevailing policy …
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The meaning of structure in chaucerian narrative
… a preacher might dispose the parts of an exemplum so as to adumbrate his theme both in part and whole. The paradigm, syntagm, and homology are the chief mechanisms which allow the proposition to make meaning. And besides accounting for the hierarchical character of medieval narrative, …
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Gender and exemplarity in Valerius Maximus
… as a rhetorical tool, plays in this process. The exemplum is a formal rhetorical device employed in speeches and treatises and as such belongs to the elite and masculine world of oratory. Yet it is also a tool of moral education, and its truncated narrative draws on and manipulates stories from a …
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Reading in the animal vernacular: the bestiary as lay genre in medieval England
… generic components of the bestiary, sermon, and exemplum to create something wholly new.
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Sovranità Imperiale. Dal Simbolismo all'Espressione Architettonica nella Cultura di Corte Bizantina, Carolingia e Islamica (VIII-X secolo d.C.)
… rule took the forms either of the roman exemplum – a sort of aware imitation – or of the Christian typologia. The focus was on David, chosen by God, the Victorious and the Cantor; and Solomon, the Wise Judge and the Builder. The court culture of Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern Dynastic …
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The paradoxical exemplar : the image of Saladin in Don Juan Manuel's El conde lucanor
Don Juan Manuel’s laudatory portrayal of Saladin, the Muslim Sultan of Babylon, in Exempla 25 and 50 of El Conde Lucanor presents an interesting paradox, particularly when considering that the fourteenth-century text was intended as moral instruction for a Christian audience. This report addresses …
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Performing piety: preachers and players in East Anglia, 1400-1520
“Performing Piety” examines the interdependent relationship between medieval sermons and plays in late-medieval East Anglia, arguing that the mutual use of thematic divisions and exempla (moral tales) evinces the reciprocal interaction of preacher and playwright. By focusing on these common …