This essay, ”The word is Mightier than the Sword” compares and contrasts one speech from two different political parties, held on International Worker’s day in Sweden. The aim is to discover differences and similarities in the use of topoi, attitudes and rhetorical identification. The material is gathered from 2022, which includes one speech from Vänsterpartiet (the Left Party) and one from Sverigedemokraterna (the Sweden democrats). The 1:st of May is a democratic day which is the labor movement's international celebration and demonstration day. Today politicians, even though they don't identify with the purpose of this day, sees this as a possibility to win more voters and support. The result shows that the Left Party is using more of the topos ”blaming” on the government as whole and the Swedish Democrats use a negative attitude throughout the speech with personal attacks and attacks against culture. The left party focuses more on rhetorical identification between them and the audience, and the Swedish Democrats are trying to create a new identification between the nation, Sweden, and the audience.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:oru-107015 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Larsson, Lovisa, Åstrand, Ronja |
| Publisher | Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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