LibGuides: Communication: Fantasy-Theme Analysis

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Black, Edwin. “A Note on Theory and Practice in Rhetorical Criticism.” Western Journal of Speech Communication 44, no. 4 (1980): 331-336.
Bormann, Ernest G. “Fantasy and Rhetorical Vision: The Rhetorical Criticism of Social Reality.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 58, no. 4 (1972): 396-407.
Bormann, Ernest G. “Fetching Good Out of Evil: A Rhetorical Use of Calamity.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 63, no. 2 (1977): 130-139.
Bormann, Ernest G. “I. Fantasy and Rhetorical Vision: Ten Years Later.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 68, no. 3 (1982): 288-305.
Bormann, Ernest G. “Symbolic Convergence Theory: A Communication Formulation.” Journal of Communication 35, no. 4 (1985b): 128-138.
Bormann, Ernest G. “The Eagleton Affair: A Fantasy Theme Analysis.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 59, no. 2 (1973): 143-159.
Bormann, Ernest G., John F. Cragan, and Donald C. Shields. “In Defense of Symbolic Convergence Theory: A Look at the Theory and Its Criticisms After Two Decades.” Communication Theory 4, no. 4 (1994): 259-294.
Bormann, Ernest G.; Cragan, John F.; Shields, Donald C. “Defending Symbolic Convergence Theory from an Imaginary Gunn.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 89, no. 4 (2003): 366-372.
Brummett, Barry. “Rhetorical Theory as Heuristic and Moral: A Pedagogical Justification.” Communication Education 33, no. 2 (1984): 97-105.
Gronbeck, Bruce. “Dramaturgical Theory and Criticism: The State of the Art (or Science?).” Western Journal of Speech Communication 44, no. 4 (1980): 315-330.
Gunn, Joshua. “Refiguring Fantasy: Imagination and Its Decline in U.S. Rhetorical Studies.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 89, no. 1 (2003a): 41-59.
Gunn, Joshua. “Response.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 89, no. 4 (2003b): 373.
Mohrmann, G. P. “An Essay on Fantasy Theme Criticism.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 68, no. 2 (1982a): 109-132.
Mohrmann, G. P. “Elegy in a Critical Grave-Yard.” Western Journal of Speech Communication 44, no. 4 (1980): 265-273.
Mohrmann, G. P. “II. Fantasy Theme Criticism: A Peroration.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 68, no. 3 (1982b): 305-313.

Examples of Library Books or Print Resources

The Force of Fantasy by Ernest G. Bormann
Call Number: 2 Hr. Res BV 3773 B67 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-03
Language As Symbolic Action by Kenneth Burke
Call Number: 2 Hr. Res PN 511 B793
Publication Date: 1968-07-01
Symbolic Theories in Applied Communication Research by John F. Cragan; Donald C. Shields; Gary L. Kreps (Editor)
Call Number: 2 Hr. Res P 91.3 C68
ISBN: 1881303780
Publication Date: 1995-02-01
This volume presents a metatheory for explaining communication theories. Three communication paradigms are identified (symbolic, relational and rational) and three theories are examined - Bormann's Symbolic Convergence Theory, Burke's Dramatism Theory and Fisher's Narrative Theory.
Rhetorical Criticism by Sonja K. Foss
Call Number: 2 Hr. Res PN 4096 R49 2004
ISBN: 1577665864
Publication Date: 2004-01-01

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