Apocalypticism in secular public discourse: A proposed theory |
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| Authors: | Harold Mixon Mary Frances Hopkins |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Associate Professor of Speech Communication , Louisiana State University;2. Professor of Speech Communication , Louisiana State University |
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| Abstract: | Scholars have long studied biblical apocalyptic texts and later religious texts in the same genre, considering their distinctive features and their effects. Literary theorists have found apocalyptic strains in secular literature and studied the literary texts as apocalyptic. Studying speeches as apocalyptic illuminates the rhetorical effects of the speeches and underscores the narrative elements of apocalyptic discourse that have been merely taken for granted. |
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