Les formes de persuasions dans le discours de Greta Thunberg [Formy perswazji w przemówieniu Grety Thunberg]

Christine Martinez

doi:10.31261/FL.2023.11.2.11

Published: 2023-12-29

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023)

Forms of persuasion in Greta Thunberg’s speech

Christine Martinez

Section: Studies

https://doi.org/10.31261/FL.2023.11.2.11

Abstract

This article examines the forms of persuasion in Greta Thunberg’s discourse and its critique in online journalistic texts. Three discursive levels are distinguished: logos, ethos and pathos, as well as the four elements of persuasive discourse, i.e. exordium, narration, confirmation and peroration. By analysing the speech and its visual recording (to also study her non-verbal language), we show the imbalance between the three components of the persuasive triad. A study of various elements of the speech, some of which are qualified as formulas of pathos is also included. In conclusion, we argue that Greta Thunberg’s discourse and its very controversial and somewhat mixed reception is nevertheless persuasive thanks to certain components.