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Modern Assessments of Quintilian
Publication . Dominik, William J.
Recent scholarship on Quintilian, though it has much improved in attitude toward and coverage of the rhetorician, still remains prone to uninformed bias. While discussion of Quintilian in reference works such as the Oxford Classical Dictionary and the Ancient World Encyclopedia are more factual and generally discuss briefly his role in the history of rhetoric, criticism of Quintilian and his theories and approaches tends to be confined to discussions by critics or students who have not re-evaluated his critical role in Roman rhetoric and depend on some of the scholarly judgements made by past scholars. This is evident, for example, especially in the Wikipedia article on the ‘Institutio Oratoria’ in English (modified 26 May 2013). While scholars may be generally dismissive of Wikipedia scholarship, it holds an enormous influence over students and the general public and is often the first source for students and even scholars
confronting an ancient figure such as Quintilian. The section entitled ‘Limitations’ in the anonymous, (presumably) collectively produced and unreferenced Wikipedia article in English is extremely unhelpful to serious students of Quintilian. He is damned for being so heavily immersed in the culture of rhetoric so as to have lost perspective on its shortcomings, for being a victim of the education he advocates, for being compelled to adopt the unnatural language of his age, and for promoting the idea of an ideal orator whose existence was unrealisable.
Fortunately, though, modern assessments are generally positive in their approach toward Quintilian, as is evident by the comments on his achievements as a rhetorician and his important role in the history of education. But the greatest indication of the growing esteem in which Quintilian is held is the enormous number and breadth of topics that have been undertaken on his rhetorical theories and techniques, which serve to provide the basis for an informed critical judgement of him as a rhetorician and educator. Ultimately the modern scholarship on Quintilian not only provides a positive appraisal and reassessment of his place in the history of rhetoric and education but also of his important role in the modern resurgence of scholarly interest in rhetoric.
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