| Titre | Quotation in Greco-Roman contexts | |
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| Auteur | Geoffrey Lloyd | |
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Revue | Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident |
| Numéro | no 17, 1995 Le travail de la citation en Chine et au Japon | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | IV. Regard extérieur |
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| Page | 141-153 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The author emphasises that, while the act of quoting can be performed in various ways ranging from the reformulation of an idea to the verbatim quotation, the modalities prevailing at a given period depend on the practices of knowledge - for instance, whether written or oral approaches are more in vogue - as well as on the state of organization of the set of sources. Hence the fixation of canonical texts changes the nature of their transmission in more ways than one and consequently the kinds of reference that are made to these texts. G. Lloyd discusses three reasons for quoting that appear to have been prevalent in Greco-Roman antiquity, though their relative frequency varies according to the period : quotation may be used to create or confirm the learned status of the author using the quote ; it may provide authority for a point or a position ; it may be used to show the superiority of the author using the quote to the person whom he quotes. Needless to say, the last two modes of quotation are open to all kinds of manipulation. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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