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Dramatism• Based on the work of Kenneth Burke.• Can be seen as the modern reworking of Aristotle’sRhetoric.• This theory seeks to understand the actions of humanlife as drama.• This understanding arises out of the complex symbolsystems that we use.• This is a very big and bold theory!
Theory at a Glance• Burke’s theory compares life to a play and states that,as a theatrical piece, life requires an actor, a scene, anaction, some means for the action to take place, and apurpose.• The theory allows a rhetorical critic to analyze aspeaker’s motives by identifying and examining theseelements.• Burke believed that guilt is the ultimate motive forspeakers, and Dramatism suggests that rhetors aremost successful when they provide audiences with ameans of purging their guilt.
Page 4 and 5: Assumptions of Dramatism• Humans
Page 6 and 7: The Role of Language• Language is
Page 8 and 9: The New Rhetoric• Perfect identif
Page 10: Burke’s Cycle• This leads to Bu
Page 14 and 15: The Critique• There no question t
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