This single-class activity is designed to introduce concepts of rhetoric, narrative, and public memory to students and to help them recognize the persuasive structure of narratives, particularly as applied to value-based popular discourse.

Courses: Instructors can implement this activity in a variety of classes, including Introduction to Rhetorical Studies, Rhetorical Criticism, and Rhetoric and Popular Culture.

Objectives

This class activity invites students to perform initial steps for the rhetorical analysis of narratives using Barack Obama’s Of Thee I Sing. By analyzing this text and collaboratively proposing extensions of the national narrative that fit within its rhetorical contours, students will demonstrate understanding and application of narrative probability and fidelity. By the end of this activity, students will be able to discern, apply, and evaluate these narrative concepts as they relate to interpretive frameworks as an initial step to performing this type of rhetorical analysis.

中文翻译：

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用巴拉克奥巴马的《我唱的你》介绍叙事的修辞

这个单课活动旨在向学生介绍修辞、叙事和公共记忆的概念，并帮助他们认识叙事的说服结构，特别是应用于基于价值的流行话语。

课程：教师可以在各种课程中实施这项活动，包括修辞研究导论、修辞批评、修辞和流行文化。

目标

本课堂活动邀请学生使用巴拉克奥巴马的《我唱的你》进行叙事修辞分析的初步步骤。通过分析此文本并合作提出符合其修辞轮廓的国家叙事扩展，学生将展示对叙事概率和保真度的理解和应用。在本活动结束时，学生将能够辨别、应用和评估这些与解释框架相关的叙事概念，作为执行此类修辞分析的第一步。