Ep. 111 - Enthymemic
All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man. Therefore, all men are Socrates. Wait...
Cesare Maccari, Cicero Denounces Catiline, 1889
In this episode, we discuss the art and technic of "Aeolus": rhetoric and "enthymemic." Topics include Stuart Gilbert and his schema, rhetoric as a classical art form, the Jesuits and rhetoric, the extremely comprehensive lists of rhetorical forms found in "Aeolus", how "Aeolus" is structured like a classical rhetorical treatise, just a smidge of Aristotle's Rhetoric, how the rhetorical examples found in "Aeolus" line up with Aristotle's categories of rhetoric, Socrates' ideas about writing v. oratory, what the heck an enthymeme is, a crash course in syllogistic logic, whether or not Portland has kept itself weird, how enthymemes can be used to persuade (or manipulate), why no one can agree what an enthymeme actually is, and where to find enthymemes in "Aeolus" and Ulysses at large.
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Further Reading:
Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124373/page/n3/mode/2up
Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/vy6j4tk
Hodgart, M.J.C. (1974). Aeolus. In C. Hart & D. Hayman (eds.), James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical essays (115-130). Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yy2gpfhs
Spoo, R. (1994). James Joyce and the Language of History: Dedalus's Nightmare. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/2t8rjmsv
Tompkins, P. (1968). James Joyce and the Enthymeme: The Seventh Episode of “Ulysses.” James Joyce Quarterly, 5(3), 199–205. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486701
Wiedenfeld, L. (2013). The Other Ancient Quarrel: “Ulysses” and Classical Rhetoric. James Joyce Quarterly, 51(1), 63–79. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24598847