Thorunian Olbiopolis: Ulrich Schober’s Tropes and Figures Cover Image

Toruńska Olbiopolis. Tropy i fi gury Ulryka Schobera
Thorunian Olbiopolis: Ulrich Schober’s Tropes and Figures

Author(s): Wojciech Ryczek
Subject(s): Cultural history, German Literature, 16th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Olbiopolis; Ulrich Schober; Utopia; tropes; rhetorical devices;

Summary/Abstract: The paper consists of three closely related parts. The first section discusses a prefatory letter addressed to Heinrich Stroband , Burgomaster of Thorun , in which the author explained the didactic and moralistic purpose of his literary work. The second part brings considerations on epigrams based on tropes and figures as seen from the perspective of rhetorical criticism. And finally, the third part of the study is a transcription of the discussed verses, divided by Schober into four sections: ten tropes and three classes of rhetorical devices: figures of amplification or exageration.

  • Issue Year: 17/2015
  • Issue No: 4 (37)
  • Page Range: 445-486
  • Page Count: 41
  • Language: Polish