Narrative paradigm
Developed by Walter Fisher (1984), narrative paradigm is, "a dialectical synthesis of two traditional strands in the history of rhetoric: the argumentative, persuasive theme and the literary, aesthetic theme" (pg. 2). Narrative criticism has four characteristics: Comprised of at least two events, events are organized by time order, includes casual or contributing relationship among events in a story, and a unified subject. Narrative criticism also has a narrative rationality. There are two parts: coherence and fidelity. This is the best theory compared to other's because everyone is a storyteller and many analyses can be made using a narrative. The criticisms for this theory is that it is too broad (by being too broad diminishes the value of the theory) and fails to recognize narratives for social change.
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Narration: symbolic actions, words and deeds; sequenced and meaning for those who live and interpret them
Narrative Rationality: combination of coherence and fidelity
Narrative Coherence: internal consistency; characters act in a reliable fashion; the story makes sense
Narrative Fidelity: congruence between values in the message and what the listener regards as truthful
Rational World: scientific approach to knowledge
Narrative Probability: how are consistent the characters and actions (could use myth, metaphor, prudential insurance, meets expectations of the audience for that type of story
Narrative Analysis: does the story possess narrative probability and consistent with the audience's common knowledge?
Narrative Rationality: combination of coherence and fidelity
Narrative Coherence: internal consistency; characters act in a reliable fashion; the story makes sense
Narrative Fidelity: congruence between values in the message and what the listener regards as truthful
Rational World: scientific approach to knowledge
Narrative Probability: how are consistent the characters and actions (could use myth, metaphor, prudential insurance, meets expectations of the audience for that type of story
Narrative Analysis: does the story possess narrative probability and consistent with the audience's common knowledge?
Paradigm: conceptual framework; universal model
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