Rhetorical Art, Literature & Other Arts
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2026.e115781Keywords:
Rhetoric, Literature, Poetry, Comparative ArtsAbstract
Often defined as the art of eloquent speech and persuasion in support of oratory, rhetoric has historically intertwined with poetics, codifying literate practices for centuries while laying the groundwork for treatises on painting, architecture, music, and other arts. In recent decades, a growing interest in rhetorical knowledge has contributed to high-impact research in literary theory and history, art history, and discourse analysis. Notable examples include the revaluation of sophistry and the examination of overlapping temporalities within long-term symbolic processes. Due to its focus on the materiality of practices and the complexity of communicative situations — ranging from the in loco performance of discourses to their delayed reception and unpredictable resignification — the rhetorical approach currently stands as a stimulating methodological option. It enables both a consistent reading of ruins and the promotion of new discursivities and research paths, spanning disciplines such as philology, philosophy, history, and anthropology, among others.
Keywords: Rhetoric; Literature; Poetry; Comparative Arts.
Often defined as the art of eloquent speech and persuasion in support of oratory, rhetoric has historically intertwined with poetics, codifying literate practices for centuries while laying the groundwork for treatises on painting, architecture, music, and other arts. In recent decades, a growing interest in rhetorical knowledge has contributed to high-impact research in literary theory and history, art history, and discourse analysis. Notable examples include the revaluation of sophistry and the examination of overlapping temporalities within long-term symbolic processes. Due to its focus on the materiality of practices and the complexity of communicative situations — ranging from the in loco performance of discourses to their delayed reception and unpredictable resignification — the rhetorical approach currently stands as a stimulating methodological option. It enables both a consistent reading of ruins and the promotion of new discursivities and research paths, spanning disciplines such as philology, philosophy, history, and anthropology, among others.
Keywords: Rhetoric; Literature; Poetry; Comparative Arts.
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