rhetoric of a resignation: A rhetorical analysis of Mikhail S. Gorbachev's last five months in office using crisis rhetoric and apologia

Author

• Angela N. Boychuk

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1994

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

This study focuses on four major speeches of the final five months of the Gorbachev era. Three are concerned with the putsch of August 1991, and one is concerned with the December 1991 resignation. First the three major speeches given by Gorbachev immediately following the putsch are analyzed using the components of crisis rhetoric. Next the resignation speech is examined using the concepts found in apologia rhetoric. Finally, based on these four speeches, interrelationships between the two rhetorical forms are attempted using clues found within the actual rhetoric.

Extent

96 p.

Comments

FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Adviser: Voncile Smith.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Recommended Citation

Boychuk, Angela N., "rhetoric of a resignation: A rhetorical analysis of Mikhail S. Gorbachev's last five months in office using crisis rhetoric and apologia" (1994). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 659.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/659

Identifier

FADT15039

Format

pdf