Dramatism and The Rhetorical Kenneth Burke
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In dramatism, Burke laid out the five major components of drama: act (what was done), agent (who did it), scene (where it was done), agency (how the agent did it, techniques), and purpose (why the act happened).
Web Resources
Lyons, Richard D. "Kenneth Burke, Philosopher, 96, And New Criticism Founder, Dies." Obituary. New York Times, 21 November 1993, Section 1 p. 48. New York Times Archives
Bibliographies
Dramatism and Burkean Criticism
Bibliographies from the Kenneth Burke Society
Key Rhetorical Works by Kenneth Burke
Burke, Kenneth. “The Rhetoric of Hitler’s Battle.” The Philosophy of Literary Form. 3rd ed. Berkeley: U of California P, 1973. 191–220. First published in The Southern Review, ca. 1938.