One of the tools often used by a rhetor to motivate, solidify, and manage his constituency is the authorizing figure. While the referencing to historical figures is a common practice and frequently employed in the political realm, it takes on a special role in the inception, activation, and maintenance of social movements. This study analyzes the rhetorical uses of the authorizing figure during the Cuban revolution and Fidel Castro's use of Jose Marti, the civilian leader of the 1890s independence wars from Spain. Donald Rice discusses how the authorizing figure defines and unifies the emerging revolutionary movement, contributes to the application of the sanctioning authority of the state, and legitimizes the revolutionary vision over time.
These three uses provide the framework for the detailed analysis of Castro's discourse over the course of the revolution and its institutionalization, both representing and describing Castro's rehetorical strategy of using the past for present purposes. Chapter 1 is a discussion of the theoretical concepts of authority and authorization, which includes an explanation of the three-tiered approach used in the analysis. Chapter 2 gives a short history of Marti and a review of relevant Marti studies. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 contain the analyses of discourses relevant to Rice's established uses. Chapter 6, the concluding chapter, provides a synthesis of the preceding analyses and suggests areas of future research. These three uses provide the framework for the detailed analysis of Castro's discourse over the course of the revolution and its institutionalization, both representing and describing Castro's rhetorical strategy of using the past for present purposes.

The Rhetorical Uses of the Authorizing Figure: Fidel Castro and Jose Marti

Rice, Donald

Business & Money

Praeger

The current, renewed interest in rhetoric, particularly as it relates to the art of literary interpretation, has returned tropes to their central position in the reading process. In this incisive volume, Donald Rice and Peter Schofer provide a sound and systematic redefinition of the major tropes and demonstrate how every act of reading is necessarily rooted in those tropological operations. The implications of their study are far-reaching. By identifying the rhetorical steps that must be followed in explicating any literary work, Rice and Schofer provide the reader with a clear guide to fiction of all genres and periods. Anyone involved in literary interpretation, and looking for a model that promises a heightened appreciation and grasp of figurative texts, will welcome the resulting volume.

Rhetorical Poetics

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

University of Wisconsin Press

Qu'Est-Ce Qui Se Passe

Reference

Balas, Robert

English as a Second Language

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

Book by Balas, Robert S.; Rice, Donald

Qu'est-Ce Qui Se Passe

Houghton Miffin Company

On Y Va: Level 1 (French Edition)

Bragger, Jeannette D.

Heinle & Heinle Pub

Allons-y! Student/Text/Tape Package

Bragger, J.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Heinle & Heinle Publishers

Du tac au tac, 2/e is designed to teach intermediate French students practical strategies for managing conversation. Each chapter is organized around the functions needed to interact with native speakers.

Du tac au tac: Managing Conversations in French (with Tape)

Bragger, Jeannette

Cengage Learning'

Allons voir! 2/e (to be published in 1996): The revision of Bragger and RiceUs intermediate program will address problems closely associated with intermediate courses Q articulation between introductory and intermediate levels, and integration of the four skills, culture, and grammar Q in a coherent and flexible learning system.

Allons-voir!: Les Franais Et Les Francophones

Heinle

Allons-y! 3/e is the most widely used introductory French program in the country due to its focus on communication, the tape structure, and intensive and systematic recycling.

Allons-y!: Le Franais Par Etapes, 3/e

This is the Teacher's Annotated Edition. Over a quarter of a million students have been introduced to French language and culture using Allons-y! This edition retains the features that have made Allons-y! work so well in the classroom: the focus on communication, the etape structure, intensive and systematic recycling.

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