Post #2: Presidential Race Narrative Selections
Due by the class period on Friday, September 2
For our meeting on Friday, create a new post in your own Course Blog which presents your own example of discourses from the presidential race (in the form of a speech or another genre that is available online, like a campaign video) that can be analyzed through narrative criticism. Provide a link to the rhetorical artifact of your selection (speech video or transcript, YouTube video of a campaign piece, etc) so we can access it during the class period. Your posting should also provide a preliminary assessment of the narrative in your selected rhetorical artifact:
- How does the construction of this narrative direct our interpretation of a situation? What are the consequences of that interpretation?
- What does the narrative reveal about an individual’s identity (either the author or the intended audience)?
- What does the narrative suggest about the values of a particular culture?
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