Kenneth Burke
From RhetorClick
(Difference between revisions)
(→External Links) |
(→Further Readings) |
||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
[http://www.comm.umn.edu/burke/ University of Minnesota, Kenneth Burke Resources Website] | [http://www.comm.umn.edu/burke/ University of Minnesota, Kenneth Burke Resources Website] | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 7 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."
Contents |
Biography
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 Works/ Publications
A full lists of Burke's publications can be found here
Further Readings
University of Minnesota, Kenneth Burke Resources Website
