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Le Elleniche di Senofonte: uno studio dei discorsi diretti
No full textCon questa ricerca mi propongo di studiare le orazioni delle Elleniche di Senofonte. Le Elleniche contengono novantacinque interventi in forma diretta orazioni, dialoghi, discorsi misti e discorsi diretti brevi; all’interno di questa varietà, le orazioni sono trentacinque. Sarà, dunque, elaborato un commento monografico alle orazioni, per illustrare come e con quale scopo Senofonte utilizza la τέχνη ῥητορική per comporle. Questa procedura, già utilizzata da Tucidide, risulta essere parte integrante del processo di composizione della letteratura che tratta di argomento storico. Sebbene sia possibile constatare un crescente interesse per la τέχνη ῥητορική di Senofonte, mancano ancora contributi che abbiano analizzato in modo sistematico le caratteristiche retorico-stilistiche e le funzioni dei discorsi nelle Elleniche. Pertanto, il mio progetto costituirebbe il primo tentativo di esplorare strutturalmente l'insieme dei discorsi per osservare in dettaglio l'uso di questo strumento dell’historia da parte di Senofonte.
Le orazioni saranno analizzate per tipologie. Una prima disamina di tutti i discorsi ha reso possibile individuare la presenza di situazioni e contesti ricorrenti. In considerazione del contesto, dell’oratore e dei destinatari del discorso, sono emerse le seguenti tipologie: militare, giudiziaria, politica e diplomatica. Si esamineranno in primo luogo le caratteristiche retorico-stilistiche; poi si farà attenzione ai contenuti: oltre agli aspetti più propriamente storici, si farà attenzione alle argomentazioni degli oratori, e, laddove possibile, alla presenza di topoi e di temi comuni al pensiero greco. A questo proposito, sarà necessario osservare il rapporto di continuità che Senofonte istituisce tra ciascun discorso e il contesto narrativo per verificare la coincidenza o la discordanza tra quanto riferito da Senofonte-narratore e quanto dall’oratore. Si procederà, quindi, con l’indagine delle funzioni. Bisogna distinguere innanzitutto tra funzioni intra-discorsive, destinate al pubblico del discorso, e quelle extra-discorsive, rivolte al lettore. Le funzioni intra-discorsive dipendono dalla finalità del discorso, che possono essere la persuasione o l’esortazione: si tratta di funzione deliberativa, nei casi dei discorsi giudiziari, politici e diplomatici, e di funzione parenetica, in quelli militari. Nei discorsi giudiziari di difesa, la funzione è, invece, apologetica. Quelle extra-discorsive, invece, hanno a che vedere con le motivazioni di Senofonte; queste sono molteplici e spesso intersecate tra loro. Infine, si presterà attenzione alla caratterizzazione dell’ἦθος dei personaggi a cui Senofonte ha scelto di affidare i discorsi. La costruzione dell’ἦθος è affidata in primo luogo alla presentazione dell’oratore da parte di Senofonte, vale a dire alla descrizione che questi fa prima di dargli voce; il connubio tra commento senofonteo e la realizzazione del discorso da parte dell’oratore, con le sue argomentazioni, le sue motivazioni, il suo linguaggio e le sue sfumature consentono di caratterizzarlo con vividezza e tridimensionalità.My project aims to elaborate an analysis of the set speeches in the seven books of Xenophon's Hellenica, focused on the rhetorical-stylistic characteristics and functions.
The Hellenica contains many speeches (set speeches, short speeches, dialogues), which are about a fifth of the work and which are a structural element of the narrative. Set speeches are thirty-nine. Therefore, I will elaborate a monographic commentary on set speeches, to illustrate how and with what purpose Xenophon uses τέχνη ῥητορική to compose the speeches; this procedure, which was already used by Thucydides, turns out to be an integral part of the process of composition of the literature that deals with historical subject. Although it is, therefore, possible to see an increasing interest in the τέχνη ῥητορική of Xenophon, there is still a lack of contributions that have systematically analyzed in a proper extensive way rhetorical-stylistic features and functions of the set speeches in the Hellenica. Therefore, my project would constitute the first attempt to structurally explore the set of speeches to observe in detail Xenophon's use of this tool of historia.
The set speeches will be analyzed by types. An initial examination of all speeches made it possible to identify the presence of recurring situations and contexts. Considering the context, the speaker and the addressees of the speech, the following types emerged: military, judicial, political and diplomatic.
The speeches will be analyzed in two ways. First, I will focus on the rhetorical-stylistic characteristics; then the contents will be examined: in addition to the more properly historical aspects, attention will be paid to the arguments of the speakers, and, wherever possible, to the presence of topoi, motifs, and themes common to Greek thought.
We will proceed, then, with the investigation of functions. We must first distinguish between intra-discursive functions, intended for the audience of the discourse, and extra-discursive functions, aimed at the reader. Intra-discursive functions depend on the purpose of the speech, which may be persuasion or exhortation: these are deliberative functions, in the cases of judicial, political and diplomatic speeches, and parenetic functions, in military ones. In judicial defense speeches, the function is, on the other hand, apologetic. The extra-discursive ones, on the other hand, have to do with Xenophon's motives; these are multiple and often related to each other.
Finally, attention will be paid to the characterization of the ἦθος of the characters to whom Xenophon chose to entrust the speeches. The construction of the ἦθος is entrusted primarily to Xenophon's presentation of the speaker, that is, to the description he gives before giving him voice; the combination of Xenophon's commentary and the speaker's realization of the speech, with its arguments, motivations, language, and nuances allow it to be characterized
Editare, Interpretare, Commentare. Ap- procci multiformi al testo letterario. 10th Edition of the PhD International Conferen- ce: Urbino, Università degli Studi ‘Carlo Bo’, 20-22 luglio 2023.
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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