| Oratory in ancient Greece in ancient Rome began to become an art form,depending on the technology itself gradually strengthening and perfecting oftheories, more and more peoples recognition and attention, and is listed as "sevenarts". Among the traditional education of rhetorical education in western countriesoccupy the important position for a long time, had a significant impact. But with thechange of the environment and artistic elocution itself gradually lost under thedifferent age, sometimes even cold and slam the door.Oratory after one thousand years of the cold, since the20th century,oratory and again got a Renaissance. Western modern and contemporary rhetoric, inclassical rhetoric on the basis of the theory and practice, combining the theory ofcontemporary society and the development of science and technology, elocution gotnew evolution. Put forward many new rhetoric theory, the definition of rhetoric andrich connotation, expand the scope and field of rhetoric, to revive thistime-honoured art relaxes their minds. Prevalence of the new rhetoric movementmakes everyone again focused on the rhetoric and eloquence.Has been debate since the beginning of the birth of oratory, a question:"oratory is an art". The problem discussed till now still not settled yet. Different socialand political conditions during the age of the different, different peoples art ideas,these factors have led to the people about whether the oratory as an art ofevaluation are different. Only for an art on a from birth to the peak, and then to thebottom of research, through such a cycle, can understanding of this art has a morecomprehensive and more rational analysis. So this article in western rhetoric historythought at the same time, all of the ancient Greek Roman oratory and his thought ofemphasis. The orators thoughts of western rhetoric and produced great impact onthe development of oratory, historically and in a state of mutual growth.Look at oratory in light of the contemporary artistic value, its artistic qualityis to be made. This article tries from the history of the contemporary background,political environment and their own ideas as a starting point, in the view that their tit for tat developed social function and aesthetic characteristics of eloquence, andcombine these ideas and contemporary oratory, analyzes the artistic quality ofcontemporary oratory and refactoring, for oratory offers some new ideas fordevelopment in the future. |