Rhetoric of Redemption

Kenneth Burke's Redemption Drama and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' Speech

AvDavid A. Bobbitt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

Del i serien Communication, Media, and Politics

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Beskrivning

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech has become an icon of American public culture, its imagery and words profoundly influencing the civil rights debate. In The Rhetoric of Redemption Bobbitt applies Kenneth Burke's theory of guilt-purification-redemption in a close, critical analysis of the speech, developing and examining the implications of Burke's redemption drama in contemporary public discourse. He 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-02-12
Mått:162 x 230 x 21 mm
Vikt:376 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Communication, Media, and Politics
Antal sidor:156
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742529274

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Poesi inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

David A. Bobbitt is associate professor of communication at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

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This is a compelling book that productively advances Kenneth Burke's theories of symbolic action, guilt-purification-redemption, and the legacy of MLK, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech for civil rights discourse in this country. Wonderfully produced ... Bobbitt's arguments are consistent, well presented, and judicious.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 1 Context and Critical MethodologiesChapter 2 2 Agent and SceneChapter 3 3 Act: The Redemption of the Audience's GuiltChapter 4 4 Purification and RedemptionChapter 5 5 Metaphoric AnalysisChapter 6 6 Evaluation of the Theory of Guilt-Purification-RedemptionChapter 7 7 Evaluation of "I Have a Dream" and Its LegacyChapter 8 8 ConclusionChapter 9 ReferencesChapter 10 IndexChapter 11 About the Author