Kenneth Burke
From RhetorClick
(Difference between revisions)
(→Additional Resources and Reading) |
|||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=pH2cw_ku1hMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Towards+a+better+life&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=lR-_TYL0HIKatwej1KnkBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Towards a Better Life''] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=pH2cw_ku1hMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Towards+a+better+life&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=lR-_TYL0HIKatwej1KnkBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Towards a Better Life''] | ||
| + | |||
| + | [http://books.google.com/books?id=HXF3HMi1zQ4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Language+as+Symbolic+Action:+Essays+on+Life,+Literature,+and+Method&hl=en&ei=uSG_Tc3iCajw0gGw2eC9BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method''] | ||
| + | |||
| + | [http://books.google.com/books?id=E4_BU8v2TPUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Permanence+and+Change:+An+Anatomy+of+Purpose&hl=en&ei=HCK_TYaYIcHq0QGxyYC4Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose''] | ||
| + | |||
| + | A full lists of Burke's publications can be found on [http://www.kbjournal.org/node/58 here] | ||
Revision as of 21:29, 2 May 2011
Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) is a major American literary theorist. He worked for The Dial in 1923 as an editor, and as a music critic between 1927-1929. 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."
Education
- One semester at Ohio State University
- Studied at Columbia University for one year before dropping out to become a writer
Notable Quotes
Article Summaries
Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"
Additional Resources and Reading
University of Minnesota, Kenneth Burke Resources Website
Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method
Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose
A full lists of Burke's publications can be found on here
