Den övertygande dåren - Ethos och persona i tricksterdiskurser
(2012) RETK03 20112Rhetoric
- Abstract
- This paper examines the persuasive role of ethos and persona in trickster
discourse by studying the pilot episode of the Australian TV-series "John Safran's Race
Relations". Using methods of Role- and Fantasy-theme criticism I conclude that the
artefact uses a strategy of authority by experience and identification to create a strong
bond of sympathy for the main character, who leads by example in his subversive
strategies and actions to find loopholes in the cultural and ethnic constraints in a
multicultural society. This is offset by an ironic form that creates a complex meaning of
the main character, who uses himself as a scapegoat for shortcomings of the majority
culture. This is achieved by an ambivalent authenticity in... (More) - This paper examines the persuasive role of ethos and persona in trickster
discourse by studying the pilot episode of the Australian TV-series "John Safran's Race
Relations". Using methods of Role- and Fantasy-theme criticism I conclude that the
artefact uses a strategy of authority by experience and identification to create a strong
bond of sympathy for the main character, who leads by example in his subversive
strategies and actions to find loopholes in the cultural and ethnic constraints in a
multicultural society. This is offset by an ironic form that creates a complex meaning of
the main character, who uses himself as a scapegoat for shortcomings of the majority
culture. This is achieved by an ambivalent authenticity in connection to the persona and
the rhetor, and a core strategy of forcing the audience to adopt the rhetors perspective. (Less)
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- author
- Bruhn, Tommy LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- RETK03 20112
- year
- 2012
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Etnicitet, Safran, Retorik, Trickster, Decorum, Ethos, Persona, Satir, New journalism
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 2302594
- date added to LUP
- 2012-01-31 09:13:18
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:36:37
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