The narrative paradigm: Another story

Research in Rhetoric: A Glance at our Recent Past, Present, and Potential Future

“…Soon to eclipse Bormann's (1972) work on ''fantasy themes'' and ''rhetorical visions'' in the lexicon, Fisher's sense of ''homo narrans'' as a master metaphor encompassing human symbolic expression created another trajectory. To say it was met with universal acceptance would be an untrue claim* several scholars, such as Warnick (1987), took exception either to the treatment of narrative or to the sense in which it might either replace or stand alongside what Fisher referred to as the ''rational world paradigm.'' While I think it correct that he neither meant for the two to be in opposition nor for one to supersede the other, the formulation appeared to give precedence to the role of narrative.…”

Confabulation, Explanation, and the Pursuit of Resonant Meaning

“…We will not take the notion of narrative fidelity tout court. It's a common criticism of narrative fidelity that it is unable to account for people who find distinctly immoral narratives compelling-Mein Kampf has struck a chord with many, for example (Warnick 1987). More generally, not everyone finds the same stories compelling to the same extent.…”

Scenarier – genre og genrefartøy

“…Å forstå andre og å la seg overbevise av andre er å tolke utsagn i lys av narrative forventninger om koherens og sannsynlighet. Teorien ble i sin tid krast kritisert for å polarisere for sterkt mellom det man vanligvis oppfatter som rasjonalitet og Fishers egen narrative rasjonalitet, samt at kriteriene for en slik narrativ rasjonalitet var svake (McGee og Nelson, 1985;Rowland, 1987;Warnick, 1987 …”