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Guilt and Redemption on Wisteria Lane: A Burkeian Analysis of Desperate Housewives

Creator:: Huillet, Michelle M.
Abstract:: In 2004 after Desperate Housewives premiered, it was met with significant criticism condemning the lack of values and morals on the show, depicted through the pervasiveness of sinful and illegal behavior (Olsen & Morgan, 2010). However, Olsen and Morgan contend that sinful and illegal behavior is accompanied with attempts at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: redemptive drama. This study seeks to demonstrate how Kenneth Burke’s dramatistic process of guilt

Presidential Framing of Failure : A Pentadic Rhetorical Criticism of President Donald Trump’s Rhetoric on Policy Failure with Obamacare

Creator:: Robinson, Miranda M.
Abstract:: In October, 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump released a document titled “Contract with the American Voter.” This document promised, among many things, that within his first 100 days of his potential presidency, he would repeal and replace Obamacare. When he was unable to fulfill that promise, he employed rhetorical tactics...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . To analyze this, I use Kenneth Burke's Pentadic criticism on two of President Trump's speeches: his

Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

Creator:: Smith, Jonathan Michael
Abstract:: On September 12th 1960, just two months prior to one of the closest Presidential elections in American history, John F. Kennedy faced the Houston Ministerial Association and delivered a powerful speech on religion and Americanism. The "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign drew immense interest and trumped other issues pertinent...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: conception of metaphor and ideology in conjunction with Kenneth Burke’s theory of substance. The analysis

For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

Creator:: Owens, Michael V.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke’s dramatistic method of pentadic analysis. Shortly after

The identification and division of Steve Jobs

Creator:: Anderson, Scott M. (Scott Matthew)
Abstract:: On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak entered into a partnership agreement to found Apple Computer. In the decade that followed, Apple experienced remarkable growth and success, as Jobs catapulted Apple to the Fortune 500 list of top‐flight companies faster than any other company in history. Under direction...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , in 1995, he was forced to  resign, when conflicts mounted at the executive level.  Using Kenneth

Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue: from Public Service Announcement to Program- Length Commercial

Creator:: Seiber, Rich
Abstract:: Animation has long been a staple of children's television programming As public service announcements (PSA5) have become an important part of children's television programming, cartoon characters have started to appear in this form of nonprogram material. By standard definition, PSAs are usually a 15 to 60-second spot that promote education...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Kenneth Burke's dramatistic pentad methodology, this thesis will explore the potential for competing

Torn : A Cluster Analysis

Creator:: Mulatero Ferrando, Oriana
Abstract:: Pornography remains one of the most controversial topics in our culture. Politicians, religious groups, and special interest organizations tend to focus on the ‘effects’ pornography has on those who consume it, and fear that pornography is a threat to public health. The general discourse surrounding pornography is that men produce...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: messages in Jacky St. James’ film, this thesis will use Kenneth Burke’s cluster-agon criticism as

Suck it Up and Drive on Soldier: A Burkean Rhetorical Analysis and Critical Examination of the Internal Rhetoric of a Military Rape Victim

Creator:: Ward, Corrina M.
Abstract:: Sexual assault in the military is prevalent, underestimated, and sadly overlooked. This is largely due to the inherent patriarchy and hegemonic masculine ideologies that set rigid power boundaries in the military. The roles of powerful and powerless are indoctrinated into Servicemembers from the first moment of training, and are reified...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: methodically explore the meaning, motive, and character of a victim’s internal rhetoric using Kenneth Burke’s

The rhetoric of the Dalai Lama

Creator:: Gorsevski, Ellen Weihe
Abstract:: This thesis examines the rhetoric (persuasive discourse) of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet. The analysis of this thesis provides an historical foundation of understanding for the international campaign of rhetoric which the Dalai Lama has been leading for the past forty years, culminating...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: perspective of rhetorical criticism, using the theories of Kenneth Burke as the framework for understanding

A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

Creator:: Acklin, Melissa Barrett
Abstract:: During the depression era, millions of Americans listened to the weekly radio addresses given by Father Charles Edward Coughlin. He devoted his career to speaking out against the evils of America and felt it his duty to warn Americans against the perpetrators of this evil. But after 1934, the tone...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: future. In 1932, newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt planned on leading the United States

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Guilt and Redemption on Wisteria Lane: A Burkeian Analysis of Desperate Housewives

Presidential Framing of Failure : A Pentadic Rhetorical Criticism of President Donald Trump’s Rhetoric on Policy Failure with Obamacare

Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

The identification and division of Steve Jobs

Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue: from Public Service Announcement to Program- Length Commercial

Torn : A Cluster Analysis

Suck it Up and Drive on Soldier: A Burkean Rhetorical Analysis and Critical Examination of the Internal Rhetoric of a Military Rape Victim

The rhetoric of the Dalai Lama

A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

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