中图分类法:	I561.073 版次：
著者:	King, Robert L.
题名:	The ethos of drama : [ rhetorical theory and dramatic worth /] / ,
出版发行:	出版地： Washington, D.C. : 出版社： Catholic University of America Press, 出版日期： [2010]
载体形态:	x, 234 pages ; 23 cm
内容提要:	"This book is at once deeply conservative and surprisingly revolutionary: conservative because it grounds drama in a traditional study of rhetoric; revolutionary because it argues that drama can have an ethos, a quality of moral authority ... The quality of King's prose is simply superb: lucid and crisp, with just the right blend of theory, contextual matter, and close textual analysis. King himself is clearly a master of rhetoric." James C. Bulman, Henry B. and Patricia Bush Tippie Professor of English, Allegheny College.
内容提要:	For the first time in the history of drama criticism this book uses traditional rhetorical theory to evaluate moral values in plays from Shakespeare's time to the present. In an accessible style free of jargon, Robert King first reviews other theories and critiques of drama to show that they ignore or minimize the argument from moral worth (ethos), the rhetorical proof that earns a speaker or work its credibility. As the literary genre most dependent on an audience for its full realization, drama in performance, he argues, offers rich opportunities for rhetorical criticism while those plays of social or political relevance virtually demand an ethically grounded approach.
内容提要:	Proceeding from this premise, this innovative book insists on the continuing relevance of traditional rhetoric as crucial to an appreciation of aesthetic strategy and moral worth in plays from the Early Modern to contemporary periods. Guided by the steps of stasis theory, the author's analysis moves from matters of fact ("Is it?") to judgment ("What is it?") to the question of ultimate ethical weight: "What is it worth?" Ethos is applied as a standard for discovering a play's worth in its control of syntax, diction, and stylistic devices; likewise it is used to judge character and persuasive argument. Among the artists discussed: Shakespeare, Chekhov, Arthur Miller, David Mamet, Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, John Dryden, Thomas Otway, David Hare, Tom Stoppard, and Bernard Shaw.
内容提要:	Commenting in general on plays he has seen in performance, King applies ethical theory to the values of various dramatic techniques like costume, staging, action, and role playing. As an ultimate test of the theory, his concluding chapters study plays that respond to questions of overriding moral concern: the Holocaust, apartheid, and nuclear weaponry. --Book Jacket.
主题词:	English drama History and criticism
主题词:	Rhetoric Moral and ethical aspects.
主题词:	Theater Philosophy.
主题词:	Theater audiences.
主题词:	Persuasion (Rhetoric)
主题词:	Literature and morals.
主题词:	Ethics in literature.
主题词:	Values in literature.