Maoyun Gao

Maoyun Gao

30 June, 2024

Identification” theory, Psychological speeches, Narrative strategies.

Guided by Burke's “identification” theory, this article analyzes several typical psychological English speeches and uses analogy and comparison methods to explore the relationship between "empathetic identification", "identification by antithesis", and "identification by inaccuracy" and the construction of psychological speech narratives. It summarizes the psychological speech narrative strategies based on the “identification” theory, and explores the impact of these narrative strategies on audience empathy, in order to provide useful references for psychological speeches.

© 2024, the Authors. Published by ISCCAC

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