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rhetoric of a resignation: A rhetorical analysis of Mikhail S. Gorbachev's last five months in office using crisis rhetoric and apologia

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1994
Summary:
This study focuses on four major speeches of the final five months of the Gorbachev era. Three are concerned with the putsch of August 1991, and one is concerned with the December 1991 resignation. First the three major speeches given by Gorbachev immediately following the putsch are analyzed using the components of crisis rhetoric. Next the resignation speech is examined using the concepts found in apologia rhetoric. Finally, based on these four speeches, interrelationships between the two rhetorical forms are attempted using clues found within the actual rhetoric.
Title: The rhetoric of a resignation: A rhetorical analysis of Mikhail S. Gorbachev's last five months in office using crisis rhetoric and apologia.
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Name(s): Boychuk, Angela N.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1994
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 96 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This study focuses on four major speeches of the final five months of the Gorbachev era. Three are concerned with the putsch of August 1991, and one is concerned with the December 1991 resignation. First the three major speeches given by Gorbachev immediately following the putsch are analyzed using the components of crisis rhetoric. Next the resignation speech is examined using the concepts found in apologia rhetoric. Finally, based on these four speeches, interrelationships between the two rhetorical forms are attempted using clues found within the actual rhetoric.
Identifier: 15039 (digitool), FADT15039 (IID), fau:11817 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Adviser: Voncile Smith.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994.
Subject(s): Biography
Speech Communication
History, Modern
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