The Evoked Rhetorical Vision of Lake Wobegon: A Textual Analysis of "A Prairie Home Companion" |
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| Abstract: | "A Prairie Home Companion," a live radio variety show produced by Minnesota Public Radio station KSJN, drew weekly radio audiences of 5 million across its thirteen year existence—phenomenal achievement A reprise of the show is presently being broadcast from New York and is heard weekly on over 200 public radio stations. An explanation and textual analysis of the phenomenon is offered using both E. G. Bormann's fantasy theme methodology and Tony Schwartz's resonance theory. 7he analysis concludes that the phenomenon can best be explained by the chaining out of an evoked responsive chord that includes each individual's yearning for the affection, warmth, and support of family and neighbors-perhaps things that each of us, as exiles from different times and places, knows we can never recover. |
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