Wałęsa i Havel w Kongresie USA – wielkie mowy początków transformacji
Walesa and Havel in the US Congress – Great Speeches from the Times of Transformation

Author(s): Agnieszka Budzyńska-Daca
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: great speeches; Lech Wałęsa; Václav Havel; Joint Session addresses before Congress by Foreign Leaders
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the rhetorical analysis are two speeches delivered by Lech Wałęsa and Václav Havel to the joint chambers of the US Congress. The analysis used the classic rhetorical method enriched by a genological and problematological aspect. The comparison of the two speeches gives the opportunity to look at the texts of politicians – two leaders of freedom movements – as representing two national discourses and different visions of cooperation with the USA. The result of the analysis is also an assessment of the oratory qualities of both speeches.

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