Brett Kavanaugh’s Self-Defense: A Case Study in Hyper-Partisan Apologia

Author:

Justice Jacob,Bricker Brett1

Affiliation:

1. University of Kansas

Abstract

ABSTRACT Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle challenges traditional rubrics for evaluating apologia. In cases of hyper-partisan apologia aimed at convincing a partisan audience, an alternative framework is needed. We argue that Kavanaugh salvaged his confirmation by conducting hyper-partisan apologia and identify three elements of this strategy. This essay demonstrates the importance of differentiating audiences in analyses of apologia and proposes the existence of a sub-genre of hyper-partisan apologia.

Publisher

The Pennsylvania State University Press

Subject

Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Communication,Language and Linguistics

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