Reading COVID-19 as Rhetorical Agency in Selected Social News in and about South Africa

by Dr. Weeraya Donsomsakulkij (Assumption University of Thailand)

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Abstract

This paper examines the representations of the COVID-19 in selected social news, posted in South African online platforms as well as other selected online media about South Africa. It attempts to investigate how human knowledge(s) give voice to the COVID-19 in South Africa and how the COVID-19 as an actor of narration shapes rhetorical modes, becoming a rhetorical agent in the social news in order to encourage the desire for systematic global changes from and about South Africa. Moreover, this paper will explore how the selected social news as a platform and a literary genre are transformed during the pandemic. By doing so, it aims to illustrate that reading literary genres with the recognition of inanimate agencies can help us understand what can be proceeded in order to transform our actions as preparations and responses to any global emergencies to come.

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