Teorijski i praktični aspekti ironije kod Cicerona
Theoretical and practical aspects of Cicero’s irony

Summary/Abstract: Cicero’s rhetorical works enable us to analyze his theoretical approach to the definition, designation and classification of rhetorical irony, and the body of about fifty of his surviving speeches constitutes material on which we can test how much and in which manifest modalities he used irony in his rhetorical practice. Cicero draws a clear distinction between irony as a manner of behaviour (simulation) and irony as a rhetorical figure (dissimulation). He extends its definition and recommends it to orators as particularly effective in achieving an impact on listeners. He himself used irony most often in his court orations, and in particular in their middle section, the argumentation. In realization of irony he used various means at a lexical, syntax and contextual level.

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