Unpack four famous speeches in history to see why they were so successful and have become an enduring part of culture. These are the great speeches of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, Kennedy’s Inaugural address, Mandela’s Cape Town rally and King’s “I have a dream”. Each of the four speeches will be unpacked for content, context, style and rhetoric.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Know about the context of speaker and the reason for the speech in history
2. Learn about the devices of rhetoric which make the speeches famous and enduring