Apr, 2019
Debate as a new mode of oratory: A critical analysis of the controversy over the value of student oratory in post-World War II Japan
Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation
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- First page
- 823
- Last page
- 832
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (international conference proceedings)
- Publisher
- International Society for the Study of Argumentation
To reclaim the social relevance of student oratory in post-war Japan, a group of students tried to promote debate as a new mode of oratory in the 1950s and 60s. By analyzing the format and rules as well as excerpts from an actual round, the paper seeks to identify their characteristics as argumentative discourse. It also explores how the idea of debate as a new mode of oratory was received in the college oratorical community.
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