Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
First Advisor
Delgado, Juan
Second Advisor
Rhodes, Jacqueline
Third Advisor
Carlson, David
Abstract
This thesis uses principles from Burke's Rhetoric of Identification to examine how apocalyptic prophecies foster and maintain an apocalyptic group identity. Jehovah's Witnesses were used as a sample apocalyptic group because they comprise a group with a heavy textual and symbolic focus on the apocalypse.
Recommended Citation
Kacarab, Katherine Elizabeth, "A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric" (2011). Theses Digitization Project. 3315.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3315
