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Theme (narrative)
About: Theme (narrative) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13050 publications have been published within this topic receiving 159511 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theme.
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01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: Braund as discussed by the authors surveys Roman verse satire from its origins to its apogee in the work of Lucilias, Horace, Persius, and Juvenal, from the perspective of classical art and society.
Abstract: New Surveys in the Classics are annual supplements to the journal Greece & Rome, published by OUP on behalf of the Classical Association. Each New Survey takes a systematic look at a larger theme in classical art and society, offering an accessible overview suitable for the general reader as well as the student. In this issue Susan H. Braund surveys Roman verse satire from its origins to its apogee in the work of Lucilias, Horace, Persius, and Juvenal.
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TL;DR: By considering the methodology of System Dynamics, the changing purpose and role of the approach are identified and issues which were previously seen as sources of conflict may now be re-interpreted as examples of confusion caused by different views of what problems the discipline tackles.
Abstract: System Dynamics has been a recognised means of modelling and understanding the behaviour of complex systems for over 30 years. In that time it has been interpreted from several different perspectives. In this paper a theme is developed which cuts across these different views and opens up a further area of investigation. By considering the methodology of System Dynamics, the changing purpose and role of the approach are identified. Issues which were previously seen as sources of conflict may now be re-interpreted as examples of confusion caused by different views of what problems the discipline tackles, how it goes about investigating them and how this relates to the decision-making process.
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TL;DR: Fitzgerald et al. as mentioned in this paper present a wide-ranging series of essays by classicists and NT scholars on a variety of Philodemus's writings, focusing on three broad themes: frank criticism, rhetoric, or economics.
Abstract: Philodemus and the New Testament World, edited by John T. Fitzgerald, Dirk Obbink, and Glenn S. Holland. NovTSup 111. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2004. Pp. xiv + 434. euro109.00/$136.00 (cloth). ISBN 9004114602. As its title suggests, however, this collection of studies goes well beyond the specific theme of frank speech. The book presents a wide-ranging series of essays by classicists and NT scholars on a variety of Philodemus's writings (Section I: "Philodemus' Ethical, Theological, Rhetorical, Aesthetic and Historical Works"), their broader cultural contexts (Section II: "Philodemus' Thought within the Context of the GrecoRoman World"), and their relevance to early Christianity in particular, especially the Pauline literature (Section III: "Philodemus and the New Testament World"). The essays are preceded by a general introduction to Philodemus and the Herculaneum papyri by John T. Fitzgerald, and followed by indexes of ancient authors and modern scholars. Most of the fourteen essays treat one of three broad themes: frank criticism, rhetoric, or economics. As it happens, these three themes are also those emphasized by the contributors who attempt to bring Philodemus's works directly to bear on the early Christian literature. Six essays deal specifically with Philodemus's treatise On Frank Criticism. Half of these, located in the first section of the volume, are concerned specifically with the Philodemean corpus itself, while the other half use this treatise to illuminate works outside that corpus. L. Michael White's "A Measure of Frank Speech: The State of the Manuscript of PHerc. 1471" provides an illuminating look at the social processes that lie behind this text, tracing from the original composition through its restoration by contemporary scholars. The contributions by Diskin clay ("Philodemus on the Plain Speaking of Other Philosophers") and David Sider ("How to Commit Philosophy Obliquely: Philodemus' Epigrams in Light of his Peri Parrhesias") use this treatise to illuminate problems in the interpretation of other works by Philodemus: his disparate treatment of the Stoics in The Ordering of the Philosophers and On the Stoics, and the relation of his epigrams to his philosophical writings, respectively. Glen Holland's "Call Me Frank: Lucian's (Self-)Defense of Frank Speaking and Philodemus' [Pi][alpha][rho][rho][eta][sigma][iota][alpha][alpha][final sigma]," on the other hand, uses the treatise to contextualize, and thus highlight, Lucian's innovative appropriation of the philosophical valuation of frank speech to validate his own satiric attacks on philosophers. Two of the essays deal with Philodemus's often overlooked On Rhetoric. Robert N. Gaines shows that Philodemus "was an active participant in the developments that shaped late Hellenistic rhetorical theory," and that his work is, for this reason if no other, an important document for understanding the state of that theory in the late first century B.C.E. This study is complemented well by Bruce W. Winter's "Philodemus and Paul on Rhetorical Delivery ([upsilon][pi][omicron][kappa][rho][iota][sigma][iota][final sigma])." Winter argues that both writers react negatively to the increased emphasis on oratorical performance in the late Hellenistic period, suggesting specifically that "Philodemus' comments help us to understand" the trenchant attacks leveled by both Paul and his Corinthian opponents over the issue of oratorical ability (p. 324). The Corinthian issue is read in light of differing Christian responses to the second Sophistic-the essential characteristics of which, Winter argues, were in place already in the first century B.C.E., as Philodemus's treatise shows. Paul, like Philodemus, had pointedly rejected the notion that delivery was crucial, and his Corinthian opponents, who apparently embraced it, replied by derisively highlighting Paul's lack of ability in this area. The articles by Elizabeth Asmis ("Epicurean Economics") and David L. …
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20 May 2008
TL;DR: The theme of this collection is a discussion of the notions of 'norms' and 'standards', which are studied from various different angles, but always in relation to the English language.
Abstract: The theme of this collection is a discussion of the notions of 'norms' and 'standards', which are studied from various different angles, but always in relation to the English language. These terms are to be understood in a very wide sense, allowing discussions of topics such as the norms we orient to in social interaction, the benchmark employed in teaching, or the development of English dialects and varieties over time and space and their relation to the standard language. The collection is organized into three parts, each of which covers an important research field for the study of norms and standards. Part 1 is entitled "English over time and space" and is further divided into three thematic subgroups: standard and non-standard features in English varieties and dialects; research on English standardization processes; and issues of standards and norms in oral production. Part 2 deals with "English usage in non-native contexts," and Part 3 is dedicated to "Issues on politeness and impoliteness." The notions of standards and norms are equally important concepts for historical linguists, sociolinguists with a variationist background, applied linguists, pragmaticians, and discourse analysts.
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01 Dec 2009
TL;DR: The authors discusses the work on ethnicity as a social construct and traces the evolution of research on this theme by proposing to distinguish two major approaches that reflect epistemological and epistemic a...
Abstract: This article discusses the work on ethnicity as a social construct. It traces the evolution of research on this theme by proposing to distinguish two major approaches that reflect epistemological a...
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