Lack of Evaluation as Evaluation: Analysis of an African American Woman’s Narrative
Description:
This thesis examines an African American woman’s narrative about the day that her daughter was shot. Like many personal narratives of “frightening experiences,” the speaker in this narrative highlights the peak of her story, making sure her point is salient. In earlier analyses, it has been shown that evaluation tends to cluster around the peak of the narrative. In “The day my daughter got shot” we see that this event-filled narrative is not evaluated as predicted as there is no increased usage…
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Date:
August 2011
Creator:
van Drunen, Vanessa
Partner:
UNT Libraries