President De Klerk and ethos

This article deals with State President De Klerk's historic opening address before Parliament on 2 February 1990. The focus is on the speak er's ethos as essentially conceptua Ilsed by Aristotle in his Rhetoric, and as it has evolved in modern public speaking in the oratory setting. The e...

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Main Author: Johann Cornelius de Wet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Johannesburg 2022-11-01
Series:Communicare
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Online Access:https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/2019
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description This article deals with State President De Klerk's historic opening address before Parliament on 2 February 1990. The focus is on the speak er's ethos as essentially conceptua Ilsed by Aristotle in his Rhetoric, and as it has evolved in modern public speaking in the oratory setting. The evaluation is an exercise in rhetorical criticism based on the artistic stan dard and neo-Aristotelian approach. Both verbal and non-verbal messages are considered. The author con. cludes that Mr De Klerk's display of ethos was credible insofar as he con veyed expertness (Intelligence), trust worthiness and good will during the speech. In fact, given the principles of (Western) democratic politics, no South African State President or Prime Minister has ever reached out with so much apparent good will to the vast majority of South Africans.
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spelling doaj-art-f1ade98ff25a436f8e173cdc802cbc842025-01-20T08:46:01ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-11-019210.36615/jcsa.v9i2.2019President De Klerk and ethosJohann Cornelius de Wet0University of South Africa This article deals with State President De Klerk's historic opening address before Parliament on 2 February 1990. The focus is on the speak er's ethos as essentially conceptua Ilsed by Aristotle in his Rhetoric, and as it has evolved in modern public speaking in the oratory setting. The evaluation is an exercise in rhetorical criticism based on the artistic stan dard and neo-Aristotelian approach. Both verbal and non-verbal messages are considered. The author con. cludes that Mr De Klerk's display of ethos was credible insofar as he con veyed expertness (Intelligence), trust worthiness and good will during the speech. In fact, given the principles of (Western) democratic politics, no South African State President or Prime Minister has ever reached out with so much apparent good will to the vast majority of South Africans. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/2019State President De KlerkPrime Ministeropening addressParliament2 February 1990
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President De Klerk and ethos
Communicare
State President De Klerk
Prime Minister
opening address
Parliament
2 February 1990
title President De Klerk and ethos
title_full President De Klerk and ethos
title_fullStr President De Klerk and ethos
title_full_unstemmed President De Klerk and ethos
title_short President De Klerk and ethos
title_sort president de klerk and ethos
topic State President De Klerk
Prime Minister
opening address
Parliament
2 February 1990
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