بلاغة المناورة الاستراتيجية في المناظرة التلفازية – باسم يوسف وبيرس مورغان أنموذجًا

Abstract

revealed in the context of the recent events in Gaza on October 7, 2023 and their aftermath, two discourses grounded in opposing narratives and conflicting argumentative premises, yet similar in their reliance on the very mechanisms of discourse production. This occurs despite the disparity in access to communicative tools and supporting media, which overwhelmingly favor the colonial narrative while restricting or marginalizing the resistant one.

This study presents a prominent depiction of the tension between the authority of the critical discourse and the hegemonic discourse within the media sphere, through the televised debate conducted on the British channel TalkTV between the Egyptian broadcaster Bassem Youssef and the talk show host Piers Morgan regarding the events of Gaza on October 7. The study analyzes the discourse of the debate within the framework of the Extended Pragma-Dialectical Theory, as a scholarly endeavor aimed at deconstructing the dialectical structure of the dialogue through revealing the rhetorical devices employed—namely, the rhetorical question, metaphorical grounding, and the parenthetical insinuation. In addition, the study traces the extent to which both interlocutors adhered to the ten critical discussion rules that guide sound argumentative conduct. This analysis is articulated across four principal argumentative stages: the confrontation stage, the opening stage, the argumentation stage, and the concluding stage, in which the critical discourse ultimately achieves its persuasive objective.