King's "I Have a Dream" Speech: A Case Study of Incorporating Orality in Rhetorical Criticism.

Weitzel, Al

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ERIC Number: EJ486206

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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King's "I Have a Dream" Speech: A Case Study of Incorporating Orality in Rhetorical Criticism.

Weitzel, Al

Communication Reports, v7 n1 p50-56 Win 1994

Emphasizes the importance of orality, a dimension of textual authenticity, that can influence the content, the form of a speech transcript, and the act of criticism. Demonstrates, with Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech, that incorporation of orality does not necessarily provide answers to all of the critic's questions. (SR)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Oral Language, Oral Tradition, Rhetorical Criticism, Speech Communication, Speeches

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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