Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Specialization
Communication and Leadership
School or Department
School of Leadership Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Alexa Dare
Second Advisor
Dr. David Givens
Abstract
This study investigates the metaphors embedded in President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo, delivered on June 4, 2009. Mr.Obama delivered his speech at a time when the dissonance between the Muslim world and the West expanded. The rhetor’s motive was to arrest the increasingly compounded atmosphere of rapprochements between the two worlds. The study employed two philosophical foundations, Burkean identification- consubstantiation and Buber’s I-thou personality theory. The two philosophies promote the notion of humankind’s sharing of a bond. The study categorizes the deployment of metaphors into archetypal and transcendent metaphors; the results show that both types of metaphors serve a cohesive function and entail the potential bridging of an ideological or perceived divide that inspires hostilities and conflicts around the world.
Recommended Citation
Oti, George Ebimobowei, "President Barack Obama's Speech in Cairo: A Metaphor Analysis" (2012). Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses. 100.
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/comlead_etds/100
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