Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Paul Keating - 'Funeral Service of
the Unknown Australian Soldier.'
- Context - dual militaristic and political significance,
75th anniversary of the armistice
- Very well recieved, very patriotic and a
shared sense of remeberance gave a
sense of common purpose/unity.
- Honouring war dead but also promoting
national identity and ANZAC unity.
- Greater symbolic relevance as homage and
reverence was also being paid representationally
for all casualties of war
- Anaphora/Unity
- "We do not know."
- Repetition serves to link successive sentences
together and strengthen syntax
- Reinforce Keating's message and emphasises the
anonymity of the Unknown Soldier.
- Suggests diverse possibilites,
opportunity to identify with him.
- Systolic rhythm as Keating contracts and expands
focus from individual to universal
- "We do not know who loved him or who he loved."
- Use of first person pronoun "we" establishes a connection.
- Inclusive language is engaging, personal tone.
- Use of personal information
humanises the Unknown Soldier
and appeal to pathos and ethos.
- Syntax is emotionally orientated, we can relate/sympathise
- Contrasting individuality and
anonymity has an emotive effect,
juxtaposes individual and the nation.
- ANZAC Metonym/Identity
- 'ANZAC' is the central metonym,
associated with qualities of Australian
spirit, increases universality.
- Evokes unity/emotion, encourages us to "stick
together" and links us to those who served in war.
- "He is all of them. And he is one of us."
- Deeply patriotic and makes audience feel involved.
- "At the heart of the ANZAC story."
- Personifies ANZAC and carries connotations of deeply emotive.
- Likens the qualities to a living entity that can
be interpreted as being within all Australians.
- Poststructuralist view is that texts construct us rather than us
constructing them, in searching for our identity we turn to legend.
- Dialogic Nature/Sacrifice
- "He may have been one of those who believed the
Great War would be an adventure too grand to miss."
- Keating offers competing voices or perspectives
throughout the text, which adds to inclusivity
- Text is not an isolated product, it was constructed in
response to other texts for a specific purpose.
- "His tomb is a reminder of what we have
lost in war and what we have gained."
- Antithesis, parallelism/dualism emphasises the futility of war.
- Similarity of expression gives equal importance to
both aspects, better balance/clarity.
- Links past and present, maintaining connection with
audience, therefore the impact of the speech survives.