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power of memory
| Title: | The power of memory: how Western collective memory of the Holocaust functioned in discourse on Kosovo. |
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| Name(s): |
Bjellos, Tajana. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters School of Communication and Multimedia Studies |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2010 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | vi, 119 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This thesis provides a rhetorical analysis of the Western representation of the Kosovo conflict and its resolution in the year 1999. By reviewing political, scholarly and media rhetoric, the thesis examines how the dominant narrative of "genocide in Kosovo" was created in Western discourse, arguing that it gained its persuasive force from the legacy of the collective memory of the Holocaust. Using the framework of Kenneth Burke's theory of Dramatism and Walter Fisher's theory of the narrative paradigm, this thesis aims to understand how language, analogy and collective memory function in rhetoric to shape audience perceptions and guide political and military action. The study illustrates the mechanics of the operating rhetoric by analyzing two primary sources, the rhetoric of U.S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. | |
| Identifier: | 651968772 (oclc), 2683535 (digitool), FADT2683535 (IID), fau:3509 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Tajana Bjellos. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Clinton, Bill, 1946- Blair, Tony, 1953- Discourse analysis, Narrative Narrative (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century Memory -- Political aspects Kosovo War, 1998-1999 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Crimes against humanity -- History -- 20th century |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2683535 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
