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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Narrative Paradigm"”.
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Why We Are Angry: Rearticulating Fisher's Narrative Paradigm with Interactivity and Hypertext
… rape culture in India. We Are Angry is a digital narrative that responds to sexual assault and misogyny in India through the story of a victim whose tragedy mirrors that of Singh and many others. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the rhetorical potential of digital narratives through the …
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360º/VR Video Storytelling As Seen Through the Lens of the Narrative Paradigm
… specifically focusing on the historical narrative of Hatley Park National Historic Site, as interpreted through Walter Fisher's narrative theory. At its core, the study addresses three pivotal questions: How effectively can 360º/VR serve as a medium for immersive storytelling? What role …
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics: A Narrative Paradigm Analysis of Communal Identity
Numerous rhetorical critics have employed the narrative paradigm for analysis; however, it has not been applied to Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics. Within the Special Olympics lies rhetoric rich with meaning. As the founder of the Special Olympics Shriver held the power to create an …
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: The Role of the Narrator in True Crime Documentary Series
… tropes, such as the narrator. Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm states that human beings use stories to make sense of the world and form arguments. While the narrative paradigm discusses how orators can use narratives to construct arguments, it overlooks the importance of the narrator in …
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Narratives of Transition: United States Service Members' Stories of Reintegration after a Deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan Post 9/11
This thesis uses the narrative paradigm to make sense of United States service members' reintegration experiences after a deployment to Iraq and/or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. The narrative paradigm assumes that all humans are storytelling beings and that telling stories allows us to make …
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A narrative criticism of Christian identity's Who killed Christ?"
… argues that these rhetors employ elements of the narrative paradigm to spread their own brand of hate-based theology.</p> <p>This study employs a method of narrative criticism as outlined by Foss ( 1996) in examining Howard B. Rand's "Who Crucified Jesus?" and "The Verdict of Time"; Wesley A. …
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When Saints Speak: Stories of Spirituality From Senior Southern Baptists
… in the lives of senior Southern Baptists. Narrative paradigm was used as a theoretical basis for developing an understanding of the stories of spirituality offered by participants. Interviews designed to probe participant spirituality were conducted with 20 Southern Baptists over the age of …
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TRANSFORMING THE IMAGE OF BLACK MASCULINITY IN THE NBA: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NBA CARES PROGRAM
… that represents the transformation of the narrative of black masculinity in the NBA. I argue that the images in the NBA Cares Week 2013 video supplant the probability and fidelity of the narrative of black masculinity as presented in the Malice in the Palace brawl between the Detroit …
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A Narrative Analysis of Korematsu v. United States
… 214 (1944) and its historical context, using a narrative perspective and reviewing aspects of narrative viewpoints with reference to legal studies in order to introduce the present study as a method of assessing narratives in legal settings. The study reviews the Supreme Court decision to reveal …
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The New Welfare Queen: A Narrative Analysis of Mitt Romney's 47% Speech
… swing states and likely voters, appeals to the narrative of the welfare queen, a longstanding social narrative about entitlement spending. By using Walter Fisher's (1984) Narrative Paradigm as a lens of critical analysis, I argue that Romney's appeal to a particular narrative was a persuasive …
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To Get the Shot or Not: Narratives, Rhetoric, and the Childhood Vaccination Crisis
… son‘s autism. As I demonstrate, the study of the narratives is vital for understanding the vaccination crisis, not the least because of the extent to which McCarthy‘s (2007) story has echoed through parenting communities. I examine whether chosen anti- and pro-vaccination narratives meet the …
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In Search of an AliBI: Narratives of Bisexuality in Contemporary American Television
Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm holds that human beings are storytellers who understand the world around them through the use of stories, which inform processes of narrative rationality. This thesis explores the role that televised narratives play in the process of narrative rationality, …
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Why the Long Face? Narratives of Depression in Netflix's BoJack Horseman
… who live with such afflictions. Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm maintains that humans make sense of the world through stories. Unfortunately, a great majority of stories about mental illness leave many with misinformed notions. However, a number of surrealist television shows are beginning to …
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READING RHETORIC THROUGH TRAUMA: CHARLOTTE DELBO'S AUSCHWITZ AND AFTER
… that the externalization of her memories in narrative form allows Delbo to reclaim the self devastated by trauma; the text, however, shatters conventional expectations of what constitutes a coherent narrative, as set forth by Walter Fisher in his narrative paradigm. I conclude that …
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Ellis Island: The public and personal representations of the immigrant experience
… The study is informed by Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm theory and was accomplished through a qualitative narrative analysis of both immigrant related articles published in 1907 New York Times articles and the archival artifacts on record at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
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Paradigms of reality in Poe's mad narrative
… theoretical communication framework, the Narrative Paradigm, the four stories are examined for narrative fidelity and narrative probability in an effort to more fully understand Poe's treatment of madness in first person narrators; "Ligeia" and "Eleonora" are compared as stories of a lost …
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THE NUCLEAR ARJUNA: A NARRATIVE CRITICISM OF VAJPAYEE'S LOK SABHA ADDRESS
The thesis is a rhetorical and narrative criticism of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 1998 pro-nuclear Lok Sabha address. Through Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm, I argue that Vajpayee's rhetoric uses the powerful values of the Hindu myth of Arjuna in the Bhagivad Gita to justify India's moves towards …
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The Monstrous Side of Humanity: A Generic, Narrative, and Audience Reception Analysis of True Blood
… series through the theoretical lenses of genre, narrative, and audience reception. Specifically, this study examined the series' adherence to the gothic vampire subgenre, the way the series functions as an allegorical narrative, and the audience reception principles demonstrated by viewers of the …
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The Story of Medicine: From Paternalism to Partnership
… function in the practice of medicine. Fisher’s Narrative Paradigm was the primary critical method applied to themes that emerged from the interviews. Those emergent themes included the importance of a team approach to patient care; perspectives on physicians as bad communicators; and successful …
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Black Body Memory: A Philosophy of the Talk
… today. Moreover, Black body memory points to the narrative paradigm of a shared experience. While popular conceptions theorize race as a social construction, the lived reality of Black people is frequently imbued by racialization and racism. Black body memory emerges from the intersection of the …
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