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Re: Q: narrative

I agree with Bear completely.  The biggest problem you are going to face 
is with your critic.  Most critics don't know what to do with narrative 
(this is largely because debaters don't set up a coherent criteria -oooh
the "C" word- for narrative).  Try checking out (if you already haven't)
Fisher's work on narrative.  There is an interesting article in Communication
Monographs (sorry, best I can say is late 80s) that should steer you in 
the right direction.

This is probably only applicable if by "narrative" you are referring to a 
narrative case CONSTRUCTION (i.e. validity, fidelity, coherence, etc.).
In this sense, the subject matter of case is largely irrelevent-as long 
as it meets the standards for narrative.  Another type of "narrative" 
affirmative is when the narrative is an advocacy of case.  For example,
Vermont had an immigrant narrative affirmative floating around last year 
where allowing narratives from immigrants was a solvency mechanism for 
racism, ethno, etc.  I think this is the type of affirmative that Klemz 
is referring to in his post.  the article above is probably more useful 
for the first type of "narrative" affirmative, howver some of the more 
general cards explaining the benefits of narrative may be useful in both.

As for whether you should run a plan, I guess it's optional.  In my 
opinion however, you already have a potentially confusing approach with 
the inclusion of narrative theory, there's no need to make it harder on 
yourself by not running a plan.  

Mike Ross
Marshall U

On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Ronald J. Stephens wrote:

> my name is michael stephens and i'm a debater at esperanza high school in
> anaheim, california.  i would like some input on how to structure an
> affirmative case as a narrative.  does a narrative need a plan?
> 
>
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