2 - Aspiring Vice-Chancellors’ Rhetoric and the Challenges of Building a Twenty-First Century Nigerian University
Corresponding Author(s) : Olayiwola Timothy Akinwale
Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique,
Vol. 10 No 2 (2012): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique
Résumé
Cette étude analyse les programmes préparés par certains candidats aspirant au poste de vice-chancelier de l’Université Obafemi Awolowo, Ile-Ife, au Nigeria, entre 1999 et 2000. Elle examine l’usage d’une rhétorique tacticienne par des aspirants cherchant à faire admettre au public cible qu’ils possèdent la capacité d’identifier clairement les problèmes de l’université et leurs solutions. L’étude se concentre sur deux questions majeures, récurrentes dans le discours : les défis de l’université au début du XXIe siècle et le style de leadership que l’on voudrait promouvoir. Elle adopte le modèle d’Aristote de la rhétorique et la critique déconstructive de Jacques Derrida pour analyser et discuter les pratiques discursives des candidats respectifs par rapport aux questions essentielles. Elle montre que bien que les candidats abordent effectivement des sujets traitant du système universitaire dans l’espace et dans le temps, le discours est caractérisé par un style schématique que les acteurs politiques déploient par opportunisme dans des contextes politiques plus larges.
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- Arikewuyo, M.O., 2006, ‘University Management and Staff Unions in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges’, SA-eDUC Journal 3, (1): 15-22. Retrieved on May 15, 2012 from www.puk.ac.za/opencms/export/PUK/html/fakulteite/.../nigeria.pdf.
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- Osundare, N., 2007, The Universe in the University, Ibadan: Hope Publications Ltd.
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- Rao, K.S. and Singh M.K., (n.d), ‘Appointment of Vice-Chancellors: Rules, Procedures and Intentions’, 1-19. Retrieved on June 11, 2011 from http://aserf.org.in/ presentations/vcpaper.pdf.
- Roberts, C., 2005, ‘An Appeal to Newspaper Authority in Television Ads: A Case Study’, 1-20.Retrieved on April 17, 2011 from www.chrisrob.com/about/ newspaperauthority.pdf.
- Saint, W., Hartnett, T.A. and Strassner, E., 2003, ‘Higher Education in Nigeria: A Status Report’,Higher Education Policy, 16: 259-281. Retrieved on May 12, 2010 from www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/inhea/.../he_nigeria_status.pdf.
- Selden, R. and Widdowson, P., 1993, A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, 3rd ed., New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
- Wei, J. M., 2005, ‘Language Choice in Taiwanese Political Discourse’, NTU Studies in Language and Literature, 14: 81-106. Retrieved on May 22, 2012 from www.press.ntu.edu.tw/ejournal/files/Studies%5C14%5C4.pdf.
- Zhao, N., 2008, ‘Analysing the Meaning in Interaction in Politeness Strategies in Scent of a Woman’, The Journal of International Social Research, 1(4): 629- 647. Retrieved on June 12, 2011 from www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/cilt1/sayi4/ sayi4pdf/zhao_ning.pdf.
Les références
Adeogun, A.A., Subair, S.T. and Osifila, G.I., 2009, ‘Deregulation of University Education in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects’, Florida Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 3(1): 1-8. Retrieved on May 10, 2012 from www.coe.ufl.edu/.../FJEAP_Winter%202009_3-1_Adeogun_FINAL.pdf.
Arikewuyo, M.O., 2006, ‘University Management and Staff Unions in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges’, SA-eDUC Journal 3, (1): 15-22. Retrieved on May 15, 2012 from www.puk.ac.za/opencms/export/PUK/html/fakulteite/.../nigeria.pdf.
Aristotle, 1959, The Art of Rhetoric, in Freese, J. H., 1959, Aristotle, Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Barker, D.C., 2005, ‘Values, Frames and Persuasion in Presidential Nomination Campaigns’, Political Behavior, 27(4): 375-394. Retrieved on May 22, 2010 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4500205.
Barry, P., 2009, Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, 3rd ed., New York: Manchester University Press.
Boyd, M.S., 2009, ‘De-constructing Race and Identity in US Presidential Discourse: Barrack Obama’s Speech on Race’,ATLANTIS: Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies, 31(2):75-94. Retrieved on April 17, 2012 from www.atlantisjournal.org/ARCHIVE/31.2/2009Boyd.pdf.
Bouckaert, A., 2009, ‘Political Advertising on Public Television: A Study of the 2007 General Elections Campaign in Belgium’, 1-14. Retrieved on June 12, 2011 from www.psa.ac.uk/journals/pdf/5/2009/Bouckaert.pdf.
Brown, P. and Levinson, S., 1978, ‘Universals in Language Usage: Politeness Phenomena’, in Goody,E., ed., Questions and Politeness: Strategies in Social Interaction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Damore, D.F., 2005, ‘Issue Convergence in Presidential Campaigns’, Political Behavior, 27(1):71-97. Retrieved on April 6, 2012 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4500185.
Derrida, J., 1976, Of Grammatology, translated by G.C. Spivak, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Derrida, J., 1978, Writing and Difference, translated by Alan Bass, London: Routledge.
Druckman, J.N., Jacobs, L.R. and Ostermeier, E., 2004, ‘Candidate Strategies to Prime Issues and Image’, The Journal of Politics, 66(4): 1180-1202. Retrieved on April 27 2012 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3449534.
Dwivedi, V., 2008, ‘Aspects of Realism in Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People’,African Study Monographs, 29(1): 1-13.
Ebuara, V.O., Udida, L.A., Ekpiken, W. and Bassey, U.U., 2009, ‘Re-inventing the Nigerian Universities Dream and the Challenge of Leadership’, Paper Presented at the 11th International Conference of Educational Management Association of South Africa (EMASA) 7th-9th August 2009.
Retrieved on June 12, 2011 from www.emasa.co.za/files/emasa2009/8_EMASA2009_Ebuara.pdf.
Ekundayo, H.T. and Ajayi, I.A., 2009, ‘Towards Effective Management of University Education in Nigeria’, International NGO Journal, 4(8): 342-347. Retrieved on April 15, 2011 from www.academicjournals.org/ingoj/PDF/.../Ekundayo% 20and%20Ajayi.pdf.
Ekundayo, H.T. and Adedokun, M.O., 2009, ‘The Unresolved Issue of University Autonomy and Academic Freedom in Nigerian Universities’, Humanity and Social Sciences Journal, 4(1): 61-67. Retrieved on March 15, 2012 from www.idosi.org/hssj/hssj4(1)09/8.pdf.
Hughes, R.L., Ginnett, R.C. and Curphy, G.J., 2006, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited.
Jerit, J., 2004, ‘Survival of the Fittest: Rhetoric during the Course of an Election Campaign’,Political Psychology, 25(4): 563-575. Retrieved on March 23, 2011 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3792409.
Medvedeva, Y., 2008, ‘Value-framing of Issues in the 2004 Presidential Campaign by American Newspapers in Russian’, Unpublished M.A. Thesis at the University of Missouri. Retrieved on March 22, 2011 from https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10355/5740/research.pdf?sequence=3.
Mihas, E., 2005, ‘Non-literal Language in Political Discourse’, LSO Working Papers in Linguistics 5: Proceedings of WIGL 2005, 124-139. Retrieved on May 22, 2010 from ling.wisc.edu/lso/wpl/5.1/LSOWP5.1-10-Mihas.pdf.
Omozua, V. E. and Ezejideaku, E.U.C., 2010, ‘A Stylistic Analysis of the Language of Political Campaigns in Nigeria: Evidence from the 2007 General Elections’, 40-54. Retrieved on May 10, 2011 from http://ajol.info/index.php/og/article/view/52327/ 40951.
Osundare, N., 2007, The Universe in the University, Ibadan: Hope Publications Ltd.
Pfau, M.W., 2007, ‘Who is Afraid of Fear Appeals? Contingency, Courage, and Deliberation in Rhetorical Theory and Practice’, Philosophy and Rhetoric, 40(2): 216-237. Retrieved on May 12, 2011 from www.britannica.com/.../Whos-Afraid-of-Fear-Appeals-Contingency-Courage-and-Deliberation-in-Rhetorical-Theory- and-Practice.
Rao, K.S. and Singh M.K., (n.d), ‘Appointment of Vice-Chancellors: Rules, Procedures and Intentions’, 1-19. Retrieved on June 11, 2011 from http://aserf.org.in/ presentations/vcpaper.pdf.
Roberts, C., 2005, ‘An Appeal to Newspaper Authority in Television Ads: A Case Study’, 1-20.Retrieved on April 17, 2011 from www.chrisrob.com/about/ newspaperauthority.pdf.
Saint, W., Hartnett, T.A. and Strassner, E., 2003, ‘Higher Education in Nigeria: A Status Report’,Higher Education Policy, 16: 259-281. Retrieved on May 12, 2010 from www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/inhea/.../he_nigeria_status.pdf.
Selden, R. and Widdowson, P., 1993, A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, 3rd ed., New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Wei, J. M., 2005, ‘Language Choice in Taiwanese Political Discourse’, NTU Studies in Language and Literature, 14: 81-106. Retrieved on May 22, 2012 from www.press.ntu.edu.tw/ejournal/files/Studies%5C14%5C4.pdf.
Zhao, N., 2008, ‘Analysing the Meaning in Interaction in Politeness Strategies in Scent of a Woman’, The Journal of International Social Research, 1(4): 629- 647. Retrieved on June 12, 2011 from www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/cilt1/sayi4/ sayi4pdf/zhao_ning.pdf.