1. 研究目的与意义
The title of my thesis is The Rhetorical Devices in Obama#8217;s Two Speeches-Victory Speech and Inauguration Speech. There are several reasons why I choose this topic.
Firstly, president Obama represents the whole America, which is the superpower of the whole world. The eyes of the whole world are on him. His speeches are not only the focus of attention of the American people, but also the public of the world. It is because of the American leading power in the field of economy, politics, military and culture that its every-four-year election attracts global attention.
Secondly, president Obama#8217;s charisma to deliver speeches is unbeatable. It is widely believed that Barack Hussein Obama#8217;s coming upon the political stage of America and ascending the throne of the president in such a short time are closely connected with his public speech ability. Although his speech content is not so perfect, his speech technique is legendary. His content and topic are directly to the point, while his speech technique makes the speech better. For the modern American citizens, all these advantages make his speech more effective and persuasive.
2. 研究内容和预期目标
Research Contents:
The thesis aims at studying the rhetoric devices applied in Obama#8217;s victory speech and inauguration speech. It can be said that this thesis focuses on the linguistic aspect. In addition, this thesis also put forward my ideas in examining the rhetoric devices in the public speech.
The chapter one is introduction. It mainly discusses the background, purpose, significance and organization of the Study.
3. 国内外研究现状
Actually, there are not many studies on Obama#8217;s victory speech and inauguration speech, let alone the studies on rhetoric devices. From this fact, it is obviously seen that Obama#8217;s was noticed after he participated in the 2004 Democratic National Convention. However, from the limited studies, we can also analyze Obama#8217;s speech at home and abroad. Some studies are in the political view, while some are in the linguistic view.
Like Gallo, he studies Obama#8217;s speech and discusses the inspiration Obama#8217;s speech brings to the American citizens. Especially, he discusses the speech technique and skills in Obama#8217;s unbeatable victory speech and inauguration speech. In another study on Obama#8217;s speech, Rowland and Jones give a detailed description on how Obama recasts the American dream and changes that country from a conservative to a liberal one. In addition, Thompson also has done a research on explaining the audacity of hope from the angle of Obama#8217;s rhetoric in his speech.
What#8217;s more, many Chinese scholars also have done a lot of research on Obama#8217;s victory speech and inauguration speech. Like Quan Yuping, she discusses the stylistic feature in Obama#8217;s speech. In her research, she analyzes Obama#8217;s speech in the linguistic approach. Especially, she also analyzes the speech#8217;s persuasion of his language. Chinese scholar, Liang Wendao directly owes Obama#8217;s success to his application of rhetoric devices. He also points out the data that how often Obama uses the rhetoric devices. In addition, two scholars, Wen Binglong and Li Zhi yun put forward four elements that contribute to Obama#8217;s success-content, delivery, audience and speaker. They also analyze the gestures and skills applied in Obama#8217;s speech.
4. 计划与进度安排
1)2022-11-1~11-23: choose the topic of the thesis and submit to the tutor
2)2022-12-1~12-31: write, submit and modify the thesis proposal
3)2022-1-19~3-19: finish the first draft and submit to the tutor to finish the firstdraft review
5. 参考文献
1)Aristotle. 1999. The Art of Rhetoric. C. Lawson-Tancred, Trans. London: Penguin Books.
2)Atwater, Deborah R 2007. The Rhetoric of Hope and the American Dream, Journal of
Black Studies 38 2: 12-129
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