Kenneth Burke

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"The best I can do is state my belief that things might be improved somewhat if bough people began thinking along the lines of this definition; my belief that, if such an approach could be perfected by many kinds of critics and educators and self-admonishers in general, things might be a little less ominous than otherwise" (Definition of Man 58).
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Biography

Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) was a major American literary and rhetorical theorist and critic. He was influenced by Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche, but did not explicitly follow any particular school of thought. Burke defined (hu)mankind as the "symbol-making, symbol-using, symbol-misusing animal."


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Notable Quotes

"The best I can do is state my belief that things might be improved somewhat if bough people began thinking along the lines of this definition; my belief that, if such an approach could be perfected by many kinds of critics and educators and self-admonishers in general, things might be a little less ominous than otherwise" (Definition of Man 58).

Article Summaries

Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"

Additional Works/ Publications

A full lists of Burke's publications can be found here

Towards a Better Life

Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method

Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose

Further Readings

University of Minnesota, Kenneth Burke Resources Website

References

External Links

The Kenneth Burke Society

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