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Kenneth Burke’s Representative Anecdote & the Cult of the Kill

Posted on July 30, 2020 by nwilson

The final idea Burke had that was better than his Pentad was the Representative Anecdote. There are a few theories like this one floating around now, but aside ...

Big Theories/Dramatism

Kenneth Burke’s Identification and Consubstantiality

Posted on July 26, 2020 by nwilson

Another in the line of “8 Burkean concepts that are better than the Pentad” are the paired concepts of Identification and Consubstantiality. For our...

Big Theories/Dramatism

Kenneth Burke’s Cluster-Agon Reading Strategy

Posted on July 20, 2020 by nwilson

What’s a “Reading Strategy?” Reading strategies are to qualitative research (looking at qualities or characteristics) what methods are to quan...

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