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Ser e destino nos EUA : a jeremíada e os discursos inaugurais de Barack Obama e de Donald Trump
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O presente trabalho tem como objectivo principal dissertar sobre a jeremíada
americana, procurando compreender a sua expressão na contemporaneidade através da
análise da utilização do seu modelo argumentativo em dois discursos presidenciais,
nomeadamente os primeiros discursos inaugurais de Barack Obama e Donald Trump.
Neste sentido, é desenvolvido um enquadramento em relação à expressão americana
da jeremíada, no qual são abordadas as suas origens, as suas características e as
transformações que a sua estrutura discursiva foi sofrendo ao longo do tempo. São, ainda,
apresentados e desenvolvidos os elementos temáticos centrais ao discurso inaugural,
juntamente com a sua importância política e simbólica. É tido, igualmente, em consideração
o contexto de enunciação de ambos os discursos, pelo que são caracterizadas as corridas
eleitorais de 2008 e de 2016, assim como analisados os percursos políticos, as imagens
públicas, as mensagens de campanha e as vitórias de Obama e de Trump.
Estabelecida a base teórica necessária ao estudo dos discursos em questão, o presente
trabalho analisa a utilização por parte de ambos do modelo discursivo da jeremíada
americana e compara o modo como a estrutura argumentativa desta foi adaptada à agenda
política de cada orador, em particular ao discurso focado na esperança, mudança e união de
Obama e ao discurso populista nacionalista de Trump. É, então, demonstrada a capacidade de
adaptação da estrutura retórica da jeremíada a variados contextos e o modo como ambos os
presidentes, ao recorrerem a este instrumento político de coesão e controlo social, recuperam
mecanismos de questionamento e definição identitários centrais à construção de uma
identidade nacional e do ideal simbólico da América.
This dissertation aims to revisit the American jeremiad and understand its expression in the contemporary world through the study of the use of its argumentative model in two presidential speeches, namely Barack Obama’s and Donald Trump’s first inaugural addresses. To this purpose, a framework is developed regarding the expression of the American jeremiad, in which its origins, its characteristics and the transformations its discursive structure underwent over the years are addressed. Additionally, the central thematic elements of the inaugural address are presented and developed, together with the genre’s political and symbolic importance. The context of enunciation of both Obama’s and Trump’s addresses is also taken into consideration. Hence, the 2008 and 2016 presidential elections’ most relevant events are outlined and both Obama’s and Trump’s political paths, public personas, campaign messages and victories are also discussed. Having established the necessary theoretical basis, this study analyzes the use both selected addresses made of the American jeremiad’s discursive model and compares the way in which its argumentative structure was adapted to the political agenda of each speaker, focusing on Obama's message of hope, change and union and Trump's rhetoric of national populism. This examination and comparison help to demonstrate the adaptability of the American jeremiad’s rhetorical structure, as well as how both presidents, by resorting to the jeremiad as a political instrument of social cohesion and control, recover questioning and identity defining mechanisms central to the construction of a national character and the symbolic ideal of America.
This dissertation aims to revisit the American jeremiad and understand its expression in the contemporary world through the study of the use of its argumentative model in two presidential speeches, namely Barack Obama’s and Donald Trump’s first inaugural addresses. To this purpose, a framework is developed regarding the expression of the American jeremiad, in which its origins, its characteristics and the transformations its discursive structure underwent over the years are addressed. Additionally, the central thematic elements of the inaugural address are presented and developed, together with the genre’s political and symbolic importance. The context of enunciation of both Obama’s and Trump’s addresses is also taken into consideration. Hence, the 2008 and 2016 presidential elections’ most relevant events are outlined and both Obama’s and Trump’s political paths, public personas, campaign messages and victories are also discussed. Having established the necessary theoretical basis, this study analyzes the use both selected addresses made of the American jeremiad’s discursive model and compares the way in which its argumentative structure was adapted to the political agenda of each speaker, focusing on Obama's message of hope, change and union and Trump's rhetoric of national populism. This examination and comparison help to demonstrate the adaptability of the American jeremiad’s rhetorical structure, as well as how both presidents, by resorting to the jeremiad as a political instrument of social cohesion and control, recover questioning and identity defining mechanisms central to the construction of a national character and the symbolic ideal of America.
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Obama, Barack, 1961- - Arte oratória Trump, Donald, 1946- - Arte oratória Presidentes - Discursos inaugurais - Estados Unidos Retórica - Aspectos políticos - Estados Unidos Comunicação em política - Estados Unidos Teses de mestrado - 2019