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Revisionary Rhetoric, Social Action, and the Ethics of Personal Narrative; or, A Long Story about Being a Southerner

Weaver, Stephanie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1313957036

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2011, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
This thesis tracks the use of personal narrative through a variety of rhetorical contexts, including scholarship in the field of rhetoric and composition, eco-activist texts of the American South, and the first-year composition classroom, exploring the ways that personal narratives may be used to flatten out the complexity of identity, place, or representations of others. Specifically, this paper seeks to bring up some of the ethical considerations that are frequently left by the wayside as compositionists and activists search for ways to make personal experience matter in the public sphere, from academic settings to public policy making, by examining works by Southern eco-activists Barbara Kingsolver, Wendell Berry, and Al Gore. Finally, this paper presents a revisionary pedagogy that strives to teach personal narrative both as a potential means to make an argument and as a method for disrupting preconceived notions and ideologies in the classroom.
Jason Palmeri, PhD (Committee Chair)
Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson, PhD (Committee Member)
Katharine Ronald, PhD (Committee Member)
70 p.
Composition; Pedagogy; Regional Studies; Rhetoric
revisionary rhetoric; personal narrative; social action; first-year composition; Barbara Kingsolver; Al Gore Jr.; Wendell Berry

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  • Weaver, S. (2011). Revisionary Rhetoric, Social Action, and the Ethics of Personal Narrative; or, A Long Story about Being a Southerner [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1313957036

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weaver, Stephanie. Revisionary Rhetoric, Social Action, and the Ethics of Personal Narrative; or, A Long Story about Being a Southerner. 2011. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1313957036.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weaver, Stephanie. "Revisionary Rhetoric, Social Action, and the Ethics of Personal Narrative; or, A Long Story about Being a Southerner." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1313957036

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