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This article examines the textual engagement of John Hersey, as exemplified in The Algiers Motel Incident, with the four text types—narrative, description, argument, and speech. John Hersey is one of the earliest and leading advocates of the New Journalism who involved the literary techniques of fiction-writing in writing The Algiers Motel Incident. He traces the contours of the ‘12th Street Riot’ in Detroit, Michigan, during which three innocent black teenagers were killed by the officers and soldiers of the Detroit Police Department and the Michigan Army National Guard. Based on his collections and findings, he rigorously and toilsomely constructed the challenging story world where the three teenagers were not the “perpetuators” of the incident but the “victims” and they were unjustly condemned as snipers and brutally killed by the law enforcement personnel. Hersey’s multi-textual representation of the incident makes The Algiers Motel Incident a highly performative space where the new journalist shapes his stance towards the reported and constructs his role, whereas the readers become an observer, a listener, a co-author, and a judge, depending on the text type the journalist is configuring the event with. His effective counter-storytelling well showcases his use of textual engagement with the four text types.

목차

I. New Journalism and Textual Engagement
 II. Four Text Types and Dramatic Reconstruction of ‘1967 Detroit Riot’
 III. Inter-personal Activities of New Journalism
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키워드

저자

• Jungsik Park [ Ajou University ]

참고문헌

발행기관

간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  미국소설 [마크 트웨인 리뷰]

• 간기

  연3회

• pISSN

  1738-5784

• 수록기간

  1991~2020

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 843 DDC 813