| dc.contributor.author | Geiger, Jude Justin | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper, I present studies of three of Barack Obama's speeches. In section
two, I analyze Obama's "New Beginning" speech in which he attempts to improve
relations between the United States and the Muslim world and find that Obama's speech
fulfills the requirements ofNeo-Aristotelian analysis and benefits from Obama's ability to
view the world from different perspectives. I then study in section three Obama's "Prague
Speech," in which the President advocates for the reduction of nuclear arms, and reveal that
Obama crafts a new metaphor that centers on a journey in which nations traverse a bridge
from the past to the present. Third, in section four I examine Obama's speeches on the
liberation movement in Libya from the perspective of narrative criticism. I discover that
Obama crafts a new narrative of internationalism that creates a Libyan identity centered on
agency. I conclude and describe how Obama' s speeches serve as evidence of second
modernity and discuss what I have learned during my time at NDSU. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Presidential Rhetoric for Second Modernity: Three Cases from the Discourse of Barack Obama | en_US |
| dc.type | Master's Paper | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-29T17:07:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-29T17:07:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33479 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Rhetorical criticism. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Oratory. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Political and social views. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Communication | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Communication | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Littlefield, Robert | |
