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Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, as well as poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory.
Kenneth Burke was an American literary critic who is best known for his rhetorically based analyses of the nature of knowledge and for his views of literature as “symbolic action,” where language and human agency combine.
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Learn about Kenneth Burke, a poet, essayist, novelist, and literary theorist who founded the New Criticism and developed the dramatism theory. Explore his poetry collections, critical volumes, and awards.
KB Journal is the official publication of the Kenneth Burke Society, a scholarly association dedicated to the study of Kenneth Burke's theory of symbolic action. The journal features articles, reviews, and multimedia that explore Burke's concepts and their applications in various fields and contexts.
Jul 19, 2022 · This chapter explores the commonalities and differences between Kenneth Burke and Erving Goffman, two influential social theorists who never met or corresponded. It traces Goffman's exposure to Burke's work through his graduate school years and his later interest in linguistics.
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Nov 21, 1993 · Kenneth Burke, a philosopher of language whose criticism and theories had a major impact on many American writers and thinkers in the mid-20th century, died on Friday at his farm in...
Nearly every handbook of critical theory acknowledges Kenneth Burke (1897?1993) to be the twentieth-century North American critic who was most ahead of his time.
