Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
12-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Mark Noe
Second Advisor
Dr. Danika Brown
Third Advisor
Dr. Robert Johnson
Abstract
The conservative movement is defined by its ideology as well as its rhetoric. Richard Weaver’s conversion to the Right offers an opportunity to define conservatism and conservative rhetoric through his hierarchy of argumentation, and his examination of Plato’s Phaedrus allows an examination of the speaker’s nature and the nature of rhetoric. Glenn Beck, one of today’s most controversial conservative representatives, also deserves examination for his ideology and rhetoric. Both Richard Weaver and Glenn Beck bear scrutiny as influential members of the conservative movement and the role their rhetoric has in the conservative conversation today.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
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