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Narrative Rhetoric
Narative Paradigm
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Goldilocks: thief or lost?
Humans are storytellers therefore narratives are critical to rhetoric
- Fisher
What makes a good narrative?
Using the facts of the story Goldilocks, retell it in a way that gets across that she is a theif or a lost little girl that we should be sympathic to.
Think about what how you are using the events to connect with your audience, what kinds of values you are assuming and which kind of narrative interpretation are you using.
- Coherent story that makes logical sense (narrative probability )
- Aligns with audience values and existing narrative (narrative fidelity)
- Many disagreed
- Logic differs based on audience
- New narratives often contradict states quo
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Narrative Lens
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Created distinction between poetic, dialectic, and rhetorical
Narrative in
Rhetoric
- Lucaites and Condit
Narrative as an interpretive lens
A spectrum...
By Yeabkal Abeje
Tool for Representation
- Poetry --> Asthetics
- Dialetics --> Enlightment
- Rhetoric --> Power
- Narratives should be bound to specific situations, audiences,and purposes
- Create clear interpretation, should follow the logic based on the audience.
- Avoid interpretive strain on audience
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Classical Narratives in Rhetoric
- Aristole and Quintilian
Quintilian
- Persuasive exposition that is specific to the situaiton
- Narrative should remian as factual as possible
Aristole
- Fully invented narratives are poetry
- Narratives play a minor role
- Used as examples or statements of facts
- ex. explain a situation through a story to gain a better understanding or chronologically descirbe a situation
Use of Narrative
Why and how is it used?
Tool to understand the world
Reality Construction
Persuation
- Keep attention of audience
- Create a sense of identification
- Break down barriers by tapping into emotions and values
Reality Construction
Narrative Diachronicity: how is time used (chronological, flashbacks, fast fowards)
Particularity: using specific details to establish a story even if the scope is general
Intentional State Entailment: idea of the expected and how well it aligns with that
Hermenutic Comosability: speakers intentions vs. interpretation when story parts are put together
Canonicity and breach: rule breaking/ breach of expectations
Referentiality: realness of the story in reference to the elements around it
Genericnes: guides to interpretation
Normativeness: standard to follow that sets the expectation for the audience
Context Sensitivity: Understanding the audience and where they come from
Narrative accrual: how parts of a story come together