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Self-Blame in Cicero's First Catilinarian Oration
dc.contributor.advisor | Corbeill, Anthony | |
dc.contributor.author | Huggard-Lee, Tiffany | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-02T14:22:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-02T14:22:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-04-22 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11425 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/7839 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cicero's oratorical style is not known for being retiring and modest. His usually boastful nature makes it startling that he engages in self-criticism on several occasions in the First Catilinarian Oration. On further investigation, however, it is possible to see how Cicero uses this self-blame in several ways to maintain the appearance of control over Catiline's conspiracy while avoiding any possible accusation of excessive self-praise or arrogance. Cicero is able to take self-blame and use it to portray himself as a troubled novus homo, in this case, the first in his family to serve as consul, struggling to manage a crisis. He then redirects this self-blame into praise and presents himself as far exceeding the character of the novus homo he initially created. Self-blame allows Cicero another method of manipulating the ideal image of himself he hopes to project throughout the First Catilinarian. | |
dc.format.extent | 32 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Classical studies | |
dc.title | Self-Blame in Cicero's First Catilinarian Oration | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Gordon, Pamela | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Welch, Tara | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Classics | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 7642852 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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