Leah Delaney- Questions for 7/5/18

1.       On page 11 Bitzer discusses the rhetorical situation in the context of fiction. He notes that a fictive rhetorical situation is not genuinely rhetorical because of its fictive nature. However, he does state that a fictive rhetorical situation can become a genuine rhetorical situation if it generates rhetorical discourse in the real world. How do fictive rhetorical situations in books, movies, TV shows, etc sometimes serve to create discourse and a rhetorical response?

2.       Royster tells us a story about a time when she was approached by a colleague about her “natural” voice during a presentation. The colleague referenced how during the presentation she sounded informal and so “her” rather than the more formal voice that she usually has. Royster lets the reader in on her frustration at this comment and its lack of understanding, that all her voices are authentic. As writers, do we feel compelled to construct one singular authentic voice or is it possible to represent multiple authentic voices? How do we make sense of “hybrid people” in navigating this idea of an authentic voice? What progress have we made during the last 22 years to support individuals who can act as boundary crossers and what current situations in our society today demand the need for such individuals?