“Fahrenheit 9/11”: A case study in counternarrative

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" “Fahrenheit 9/11”: A case study in counternarrative "
Phillip Samuels B. Manolescu

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	54392
Doc. No	:	TL24346
Call number	:	‭1453296‬
Main Entry	:	Phillip Samuels
Title & Author	:	“Fahrenheit 9/11”: A case study in counternarrative\ Phillip Samuels
College	:	University of Kansas
Date	:	2007
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2007
Page No	:	125
Abstract	:	This thesis does a rhetorical analysis of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 to understand its failure to achieve its goal of a George W. Bush defeat in the 2004 election. To do this I outline a theory of counternarrative which relies on argument theory to understand the resolution of competing narratives. I begin by creating a nuanced theory of counternarrative which relies on informal logic and Ralph Johnson's dialectical tier. Then I look at the construction of Bush's official narrative from his public speeches beginning on September 20, 2001 through the invasion of Iraq. After detailing Bush's narrative I analyze the moments of argumentative clash between it and Fahrenheit 9/11. I conclude that the failure of Moore's counternarrative was inevitable due to its poor argument construction and omission of the dialectical tier.
Subject	:	Communication and the arts; Social sciences; Language, literature and linguistics; Communication studies; Moore, Michael; Rhetoric; Political science; Film studies; 0615:Political science; 0900:Film studies; 0681:Rhetoric
Added Entry	:	B. Manolescu
Added Entry	:	University of Kansas