Interpersonal Communication and Arthur Frank's "The Wounded Storyteller"
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:09:36
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 4 pages (1193 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 4 pages (1193 words)
Storytelling and Healing: A Relationship of Mutuality
"I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them all."
(Deut 18:18)
Though Arthur Franks "The Wounded Storyteller's" primary theme is centered around illness, it has a deeper underlying context. The Wounded Storyteller is a thorough and comprehensive contribution to the multi-layered vision of healing. At the core, the author urges the reader to find their voice and emphasizes the importance of exploring a …
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…My wound enables me to find you with your wound where you have the illusion of having become lost."
-Rachel Naomi Remen
References:
Buber, Martin. I and Thou. Translated by Ronald Gregor Smith. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1958.
Frank, Arthur W. The Wounded Storyteller. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Griffen,Em. A First Look at Communication Theory with Conversations with
Communication Theorists. New York. 2002
Littlejohn, S. Theories of Human Communication. California: Wadsworth Publishing,
1992.
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