A rhetorical analysis of virtue, religion, and citizenship in classical education texts and their relation to teaching the hero’s journey in the classical classroom.

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dc.contributor.advisorHahner, Leslie Ann.
dc.creatorStafford, Faith Erin, 1998-
dc.creator.orcid0009-0006-8991-4387
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-30T12:44:31Z
dc.date.available2024-07-30T12:44:31Z
dc.date.created2023-12
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.date.submittedDecember 2023
dc.date.updated2024-07-30T12:44:32Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyzes the rhetoric used in foundational classical education texts to communicate virtue in relation to religion and citizenship and examines the hero’s journey as an alternative model to communicate virtue. Modern Christian classical education is bolstered by a small number of prominent texts that have come to hold such authority that they function as a classical education canon. Close reading and rhetorical analysis show that most of this literature ties virtue with only Christianity and in turn disregards the ancient Greek classical tie of virtue to citizenship and civil duty. This position leaves the non-religious student unincentivized to act virtuously. The template of the hero’s journey, prominent in classical narratives, is proposed as a model that can stand in the gap, exemplifying virtue that is rooted in more than exclusively religion and is thus inclusive of the non-religious modern classical student, incentivizing them to strive after virtue.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2104/12884
dc.language.isoEnglish
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dc.titleA rhetorical analysis of virtue, religion, and citizenship in classical education texts and their relation to teaching the hero’s journey in the classical classroom.
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local.embargo.lift2025-12-01
local.embargo.terms2025-12-01
thesis.degree.departmentBaylor University. Dept. of Communication.
thesis.degree.grantorBaylor University
thesis.degree.nameM.A.
thesis.degree.programCommunication
thesis.degree.schoolBaylor University

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