A Classical Rhetorical Criticism of Four Representative Eulogies Given in Behalf of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Author

Lewen Clay Thompson, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Communication Studies

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to present a rhetorical criticism of four representative eulogies given in behalf of John Fitzgerald Kennedy to determine how closely modern speakers follow the rhetorical theories of classical scholars in epideictic speeches. It was this writer's belief that the amount of time and work expended on this study was justified because of the historical significance of the person, and the lack of scholarly investigation in the area of eulogistic speaking.

Keywords

John F. (John Fitzerald) Kennedy (1917-1963), Eulogies, Literary criticism, Comparison, William Alan Sadler Jr., Edward Carpenter (1910-1998), Everett McKinley Dirksen, David Alexander MacLennan (1903-1978)

Advisor

Dr. James Costigan

Date of Award

Summer 1967

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/JUJW1661

Recommended Citation

Thompson, Lewen Clay, "A Classical Rhetorical Criticism of Four Representative Eulogies Given in Behalf of John Fitzgerald Kennedy" (1967). Master's Theses. 1099.
DOI: 10.58809/JUJW1661
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1099

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