An Investigation of the Effect of the Generic Structures of US Presidential War Narrative on the Usage of Rhetoric | ||
| Anbar University Journal of Languages & Literature | ||
| Article 29, Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 688-721 PDF (1.1 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.37654/aujll.2022.177713 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ali Salman Hummadi* 1; Seriaznita Binti Mat Said2 | ||
| 1Department of English, College of Arts, University of Anbar, Iraq | ||
| 2Language Academy, FSSH, University Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study aims at examining how the generic structures of US presidential war narrative affect the type of Aristotle’s triad of rhetoric used to realise the communicative functions of these generic structures. As such, eleven American presidential war addresses delivered by six American presidents extending during the period 1986-2018 were chosen as the sample of the study. The results show that the choice of any mode of rhetoric is based on its response to the communicative functions of the generic structures of the presidential war addresses. In previous studies, Aristotle’s triad of rhetoric has frequently been examined by scholars in terms of the communicative purpose of the speaker only. This study, however, presents a revised approach to the usage of epideictic, deliberative and forensic types of rhetoric informed by their uses and functions in each generic structure employed to justify American military actions as the communicative purpose. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Aristotle’s Rhetoric; War Narrative; Generic Structures; Epideictic Rhetoric; Deliberative Rhetoric; Forensic Rhetoric | ||
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