The Vox Populi in Poems: Ramsey Nasr as Poet Laureate and Public Intellectual

KB Journal: The Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society Jun 2014 web Open Access

The Vox Populi in Poems: Ramsey Nasr as Poet Laureate and Public Intellectual

Abstract

This paper puts the spotlight on the work of Dutch Poet Laureate Ramsey Nasr. In the four years of his official appointment, he wrote poems and essays articulating a critical perspective on the current political conjuncture in the Netherlands. The Poet Laureate can be considered a public intellectual in that he shows engagement in regard to concrete societal issues and ‘translates’ this into poetry. Using ideas and rhetorical tools from the work of Kenneth Burke, I will show how Nasr’s poetry prompts readers to identify with his perspective while illuminating how such identification leads to division from a perspective that frames nationalism in terms that would exclude multiethnic citizenship.

Journal: KB Journal: The Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society
Published: 2014-06
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Topics: modern rhetorical theory rhetorical criticism
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