Exploring the Text

  1. Why would authorities at the United Nations decide to cover Guernica during a political speech? What rhetorical purpose would covering it serve?

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    Chapter 13 - Depictions of Guernica - Exploring the Text: Why would authorities at the United Nations decide to cover Guernica during a political speech? What rhetorical purpose would covering it serve?
  2. Which of the classic appeals do both the New Yorker and Harper’s use in their covers?

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    Chapter 13 - Depictions of Guernica - Exploring the Text: Which of the classic appeals do both the New Yorker and Harper’s use in their covers?
  3. What assumptions about their audiences—their readers’ familiarity with history and art, their awareness of current events—do both publications evidently hold?

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    Chapter 13 - Depictions of Guernica - Exploring the Text: What assumptions about their audiences—their readers’ familiarity with history and art, their awareness of current events—do both publications evidently hold?
  4. From these two covers, what inferences can you make about the political attitudes of each magazine? Explain.

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    Chapter 13 - Depictions of Guernica - Exploring the Text: From these two covers, what inferences can you make about the political attitudes of each magazine? Explain.
  5. Considering these covers as examples of visual rhetoric, what claim do they make?

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    Chapter 13 - Depictions of Guernica - Exploring the Text: Considering these covers as examples of visual rhetoric, what claim do they make?
  6. Compare and contrast the two covers. How does each cover depict the draping? What images from the original does each cover show? Is one more powerful than the other? Explain.

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    Chapter 13 - Depictions of Guernica - Exploring the Text: Compare and contrast the two covers. How does each cover depict the draping? What images from the original does each cover show? Is one more powerful than the other? Explain.