Competing Narratives: Is this systemic racism?
Fisher wrote that all people are storytellers, and that narrative rationality is determined by coherence and fidelity. Could Fisher’s paradigm prove useful in real world controversies? Brown, Baucham, and Anyabwile from the Gospel Coalition each offered a response to the Ferguson trial debates. Each of these individuals developed compelling arguments for the perspectives in which their narratives take place. In this study Fisher’s theories of narrative rationality and of the ideal audience were applied to these three narratives in order to show whether Fisher’s narrative paradigm could prove useful in assessing competing narratives in real world situations.
COMM 407, Special Topics: Narrative Paradigm
Doyle Srader
Banquet Room
1 – 3 PM