Lecture 7 - Huma 1780:
Dominant Stories Vs Counter Stories (Dominant stories are challenged by counter stories)
Frederick Suglas - Speech 1852
● It's called what to the slave is the fourth of the july
● The audience he addresses is predominantly conducted as white and male. Even though
there was other races and gender in the audience
● He was a slave most of his life and stole himself out of slavery
● He begins his speak of historical questions: 7 of them
● He starts off by saying “Fellow Citizens”
● He is not looking for validation he is stating that he is a citizen
● Speech delivered the day after independence day
● He is brave by telling the speech during that time, especially that time of year
● His speech is a series of Juxtaposition (different from the call and response pattern)
● Sereation
- “This fourth of july is yours, not mine”
- “You made the choice, I must morn”
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Rhetorical suggestions are used throughout the speech as well. Such as irony
He is lifting the veil of US democracy - The target is US democracy
Speech rhythms are used
The tone of the speech is angry
The rhetorical question is “What is the fourth of july”
How was american ship citizenship defined in 1852: Predominantly defined as land own by White Men
Lecture 7: Dominant Stories Vs Counter Stories
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