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Telling Grimm Tales: Rhetoric That Molds, Comforts And Remains, Constance S. E. Cooper
Telling Grimm Tales: Rhetoric That Molds, Comforts And Remains, Constance S. E. Cooper
Masters Theses
An explanation of oral tradition and its portent for language clarifies the fairy tale genre. Its purpose, various cultural impacts, criticism and limitations are introduced. Ludwig and Wilhelm Grimm translated their personal interest into a form of speech that endures past cultural and linguistic barriers. The Grimms' scholastic credentials and lifework reveal the original storytellers and subjects in a historical/geographical framework. Part II isolates 68 tales of animal dialogue, discusses human-like character responses of help and harm, and submits a brief narrative criticism of the conglomerate rhetorical entity. Character insights and communication findings are resolved with Delphi compilations of 27 …
99 Bottles: An Exploration Of Oral Interpretation As Rhetoric, Jeffrey T. Hess
99 Bottles: An Exploration Of Oral Interpretation As Rhetoric, Jeffrey T. Hess
Masters Theses
This thesis attempts to combine the elements of oral interpretation and rhetoric in order to create a group performance piece that contains interesting movement and dialogue as well as persuasive rhetorical elements. This new genre of group oral interpretation is called Rhetorical Theatre and implements only non-fictional material for the manuscript. Metaphoric blocking and direction is discussed, as well as the use of other conventions currently employed in group interpretation.