Rhetoric of Redemption - Kenneth Burke s Redemption Drama Martin Luther King, Jr. s I Have a

Informationen zum Autor By David A. Bobbitt Klappentext The Rhetoric of Redemption applies Kenneth Burke's theory of guilt-purification-redemption in a close, critical analysis of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' speech, developing and examining the implications of Burke's redemption drama in contemporary public discourse. Bobbitt studies the impact of the speech over time, arguing that while King's speech contains an inspirational vision of national redemption, it does so by omitting the real difficulties of overcoming America's racial divisions. Zusammenfassung Applies Kenneth Burke's theory of guilt-purification-redemption in a close! critical analysis of Martin Luther King! Jr's I Have A Dream speech! developing and examining the implications of Burke's redemption drama in contemporary public discourse. This book studies the impact of the speech over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 1 Context and Critical Methodologies Chapter 2 2 Agent and Scene Chapter 3 3 Act: The Redemption of the Audience's Guilt Chapter 4 4 Purification and Redemption Chapter 5 5 Metaphoric Analysis Chapter 6 6 Evaluation of the Theory of Guilt-Purification-Redemption Chapter 7 7 Evaluation of "I Have a Dream" and Its Legacy Chapter 8 8 Conclusion Chapter 9 References Chapter 10 Index Chapter 11 About the Author

Product details

• Authors: David Bobbitt, David A Bobbitt, David A. Bobbitt, Bobbitt David A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2007
• EAN: 9780742529281
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2928-1
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Communication, Media, and Poli; Communication, Media, and Politics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, POETRY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Poetry / Poems