fantasy theme
Fantasy them is a method of analysis for Rhetorical Criticism. It is designed to provide insight into shared worldviews of groups. This method can fit in a wide variety of artifacts. Founded by Ernest Bormann, the Fantasy Theme method relies heavily on Symbolic Convergence theory. This theory deals with how people work in groups and the messages and stories they create to connect with their audience. These stories are expressed through fantasies and dramatic interpretations of events. The fantasies can be used by rhetors to appeal to a group or individual.
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Fantasy: A fantasy is not so much an illusion that is far removed from reality in this case, but a fantasy is the way a person, or group of people, creatively looks at something in their own mind (Foss, 2009); the way that communities of people create their social reality (Bormann, 1982, p.52)
Chaining Out: A fantasy can converge and "chain out" to an entire group and can have the power to create a new reality for the members. This allows values of the group to be "tested and legitimized"
Inside Joke: A fantasy, or multiple fantasies, that is understood within the group alone
Fantasy Type: Fantasies that share the same theme but with "different characters and slightly different incidents" (Bormann, 1982b, p.52). These fantasy types can be used to conjure old emotions or ways of dealing with something unfamiliar in a familiar way
Rhetorical Vision: The collective grouping of fantasy themes; successful attempts at persuasion will use existing fantasy types to build a new fantasy that will chain out to form a rhetorical vision. Only thrives if consciousness cheating, consciousness raising, and consciousness sustaining are successfully implemented.
Rhetorical Community: The people who participate in a rhetorical (Bormann, 1982b, p.53)
Chaining Out: A fantasy can converge and "chain out" to an entire group and can have the power to create a new reality for the members. This allows values of the group to be "tested and legitimized"
Inside Joke: A fantasy, or multiple fantasies, that is understood within the group alone
Fantasy Type: Fantasies that share the same theme but with "different characters and slightly different incidents" (Bormann, 1982b, p.52). These fantasy types can be used to conjure old emotions or ways of dealing with something unfamiliar in a familiar way
Rhetorical Vision: The collective grouping of fantasy themes; successful attempts at persuasion will use existing fantasy types to build a new fantasy that will chain out to form a rhetorical vision. Only thrives if consciousness cheating, consciousness raising, and consciousness sustaining are successfully implemented.
Rhetorical Community: The people who participate in a rhetorical (Bormann, 1982b, p.53)
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