Toward a Theory of Agentic Orientation: Rhetoric and Agency in Run Lola Run
@article{Foss2007TowardAT, title={Toward a Theory of Agentic Orientation: Rhetoric and Agency in Run Lola Run}, author={Sonja K. Foss and William Joseph Condon Waters and Bernard J. Armada}, journal={Communication Theory}, year={2007}, volume={17}, pages={205-230} }
In this essay, we explicate the nature and function of agentic orientation, a pattern of interaction that predisposes an individual to a particular enactment of agency. We use the film Run Lola Run to explicate three agentic orientations—victim, supplicant, and director—each with a different interpretation of structure, a different response to that interpretation, and a different outcome.
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Dans cet article, nous expliquons la nature et la fonction de l‘orientation d’agent (agentic…
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