Kenneth Burke
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| - | Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) attended Ohio State University for a semester before moving to Columbia University; however, he left college to pursue writing. He | + | Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) is a major American literary theorist who attended Ohio State University for a semester before moving to Columbia University; however, he left college to pursue writing. He was influenced by Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche but did not explicitly follow any particular school of thought. Burke defined humankind as a "symbol using animal." |
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Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) is a major American literary theorist who attended Ohio State University for a semester before moving to Columbia University; however, he left college to pursue writing. He was influenced by Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche but did not explicitly follow any particular school of thought. Burke defined humankind as a "symbol using animal."
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Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"
