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"THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER TOMORROW": PROVERBIAL RHETORIC IN INAUGURAL ADDRESSES BY AMERICAN PRESIDENTS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Wolfgang Mieder
; Deparptment of German and Russian, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A.
Sažetak
As a special rhetorical genre, the fourteen inaugural addresses by the
ten American presidents of the second half of the 20th century
represent a unique body of speeches. They are meant to be both
timely and timeless, and they are crafted with much attention to
elegant literary style. Yet, both Bible and folk proverbs play a
major role in these messages by new presidents, who wish to
communicate their political programs in an accessible fashion.
Wanting their words to be remembered, presidents have also
attempted to structure their memorable phrases on common
proverbs, literally assuring that some utterances have become
sententious or even proverbial.
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Datum izdavanja:
4.6.2001.
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