Abstract

This paper entitled “Deception Strategies in Occupation Discourse: An Analysis of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Discourse during the French Campaign in Egypt (1798-1801)” investigates Napoleon Bonaparte’s discourse as a dangerous political practice through a reading inspired by Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) methodologies. It begins with identifying the contexts that embraced Bonaparte’s discourse and the participating parties. Then, it focuses on revealing the deception strategies employed: a) strategies creating the deceptive discourse, such as context reconstruction, silence, religious masks, and seductions, and b) fallacies, including fallacies of authority, power, evidence, and trivialization. One of the paper’s main findings is that Napoleon’s discourse was opportunistic and deceptive. It may have initially deceived its audience but failed to fulfill its functions due to violating the principles of dialogue and relying on distortion and deception.

Keywords

Prophecy, Napoleon, Address, French Campaign, Fallacies, Argumentation, Deception.

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