A Genre Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” and Its Use in the Asian EFL Classroom
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In this paper, the author discusses the particular discourse features of Dr. Martin Luther King's historic speech, "I Have a Dream," delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., in 1963. The paper first begins with a brief description of the context, including the location, temporal setting, and the social and cultural circumstances in which the speech was delivered. Second, the author provides a discourse analysis of the specific literary and rhetorical discourse features that are unique to Dr. King's speech. The analysis focuses on genre, linguisitic structure and cohesion within the text.Finally, this article addresses the implications of using this speech with English as a foreign language (EFL) learners to teach literary devices such as alliteration, anaphora, figurative language, metaphor, simile and symbolism.
