The panegyric and the issue of genres in the sacred oratory of the hispanic world. Methodological approach

Authors

  • Bernarda Urrejola Universidad de Chile

Abstract

This work is based on a review of three of the main criteria used to classify Hispanic preaching in genres (types of sermons). These criteria have also been used to classify panegyric as a genre of sacred oratory. Establishing differences between classical rhetoric and sacred oratory, this paper will try to define the place of the panegyric in preaching, thus determining in which ways it is possible to speak about genres of the sermon.

Keywords:

sacred oratory, panegyric, discourse, New Spain, 16th and 17th centuries