Monstervisan i retorisk och historisk belysning
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monster, broadside ballad, oral tradition, epideictic rhetoric, Michelle ConditAbstract
A malformed foetus has risen from its grave in order to preach, a mare has given birth to human children with hooves, a man has been transformed into a dog ... These are some of the points of departure in a genre of Scandinavian broadsides from the 17th and 18th centuries. Through the broad side medium, marvellous missbirths and metamorphoses are integrated into public discourse in order to display the condition of the community and its cause: the unbridled behaviour of the individual. These community-related tasks make the broad side songs worthy of a rhetorical analysis. Similar material has been used by historians, however only to shed light upon broader phenomena such as abnormity, aesthetics and gender. Through a rhetorical analysis, the monster song can appear in its own right because such an analysis implies a focus on the song structure and the interrelationships between sender and addressee. Following Michelle Condits model for epideictic rhetoric, I discuss the functions of these songs, the rhetorical tools applied to achieve them and the context of both functions and tools.
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