RHETOR 138 Lecture 6: Michael Z Newman notes
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Recapping/ name recalling/ show"s premise/ previously segment : not in hoc because viewer can easily go back to previous episode. Commercially the standard pts storytelling makes it easily comprehensible by viewers who watch sporadically/ pay partial attention/ miss part of the episode, redundancy maximize accessibility, but in hoc it is different. Beating out the story has a strong rhetorical force, giving viewers reasons to care about characters and want to know more. 2 kinds of closure and aperture narrative cause-effect chains and unification of themes and motifs into an orderly, integrated whole. Central conflict introduced in the beginning of episode is overcome within the episode. Pts four arcs: 1 set-up, 2 complication and development, 1 conclusion. Thematic parallelism (2 plots share a theme, juxtaposed and compared) Pts distinguished from other forms of programming because of the way it is invested in character in the engaging with unfolding events (not just familiarity bred from repetition)
