Author

Date of Award

3-18-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Rhetoric and Writing

First Advisor

Charles Anderson

Abstract

In the late winter of 2012, I set out to collect a series of stories from my grandparents, primarily my grandfather. Using a recorder, I collected these stories. I then transcribed them and clarified the text, while adding contextual information. Through these, I've captured the "voice" of Dutch Creek language, as well as the life experiences of a particular individual. In the afterword, I prepared a rhetorical analysis of the situation in the kitchen where the stories were recorded, based on an article by Lloyd F. Bitzer, a theoretician widely acknowledged for his work.

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