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Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, as well as poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory. [1]
Kenneth Burke was an American literary critic who is best known for his rhetorically based analyses of the nature of knowledge and for his views of literature as “symbolic action,” where language and human agency combine.
In A Grammar of Motives, philosopher and critic Kenneth Burke presents a model for analyzing written and spoken language to better understand and even predict human behavior. His model, the pentad, can be used to understand or interpret human behavior and to develop ideas for stories.
Best known for his volumes on literary theory, Burke is considered one of the founders of the New Criticism. His most famous theory, dramatism, emphasized how literature and semiotics influence human moral capacity.
Feb 7, 2016 · The primary and secondary bibliographies on Kenneth Burke are the culmination of the work of many people. David Blakesley collected the original bibliography, gaining permission from several sources.
Kenneth Burke’s Late Theory of History: The Personalistic and Instrumentalist Principles by Michael Feehan. Kenneth Burke and the Gargoyles of Language: Perspective by Incongruity and the Transvaluation of Values in Counter-Statement and Permanence and Change by Jeremy Cox.
Kenneth Duva Burke puzzles anyone hoping to classify him within a narrow genre of American letters. His long career covers a range of subjects: social philosophy, music, poetry, literary...
Nov 21, 1993 · Kenneth Burke, a philosopher of language whose criticism and theories had a major impact on many American writers and thinkers in the mid-20th century, died on Friday at his farm in...
Jun 8, 2018 · Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) was a literary theorist and critic whose work was influential in several fields of knowledge where symbols are a central focus of study. Kenneth Duva Burke was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 5, 1897.
Jul 19, 2022 · Kenneth Burke was one of the intellectual giants of the early and mid-twentieth century – a true polymath, writing on a broad range of topics and engaging a broad set of audiences.
