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Evans, Robert Owen was born on September 19, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Franklin Bachelder and Arline Henrietta (Brown) Evans.
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By studying the diction of Romeo and Juliet, Robert O. Evans examines this, the most rhetorical of Shakespeare's plays, in terms of an Aristotelian critical category, which has been neglected in modern times. Inherent in his methodology is the assumption that Romeo and Juliet is best regarded as drama, not as pure poetry, though essentially it is the rhetorical brilliance of the poetry that is considered. Evans begins with an analysis of the important speeches of Romeo and Juliet and defines the controlling devices Shakespeare wove into them, especially oxymoron. He then follows with a discussion of the role of Friar Laurence, whom the author finds is a catalyst between the warring houses and between the lovers and the outer world of Verona. Evans concludes with an examination of Mercutio's famous Queen Mab speech, which, he points out, has an integral relationship to the structure of the tragedy as a whole. An analysis of the rhetorical devices of the play, Evans believes, demonstrates the thesis that the tragic effect of Romeo and Juliet is one of fulfillment, with the tragedy arising from the character of the protagonists rather than from circumstance.
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Evans, Robert Owen was born on September 19, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Franklin Bachelder and Arline Henrietta (Brown) Evans.
Bachelor of Arts Chicago, 1941. Master of Arts, University Florida, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Florida, 1954.
Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1950—1951.
Instructor University Florida, Gainesville, 1948—1954. Instructor to professor University Kentucky, Lexington, 1954—1980, director honors program, 1966—1978, assistant to president, 1966—1967, professor emeritus, since 1980. Professor English, director general honors University New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1980—1986, professor emeritus, since 1986.
Visiting professor University Helsinki, Finland, 1958—1959, University des Saarlands, Saarbrucken, Germany, 1963—1964, Lincoln College, Oxford University, England, 1963, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1967—1968, American College, Paris, 1970—1971, Miami-Dade Community College, since 1991, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, 1993. Director National Collegiate Honors Council, since 1975, president, 1977—1978.
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Board directors Macatawa Cottagers Association, Michigan, 1954—1980, former president. President Macatawa Parking Corporation, 1988. Member of Western Regional Honors Council, Comparative Literature Association, International Association University Professors English, Modern Language Association (United States and Finland), Psi Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Margery Brooks, August 2, 1941. Children: Robert Junior, Michele Chosney, Douglas Brooks.