Kenneth Burke On Shakespeare by Kenneth Burke
A concise, essayistic study that applies a dramatistic and rhetorical lens to Shakespeare’s plays, arguing that his language functions as symbolic action that shapes motives, relationships, and social orders; it reads scenes and characters through a focus on act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose to reinterpret tragedy, comedy, and rhetoric as instruments for understanding human motive and theatrical construction of reality. Emphasizing the interplay of form and function, the work traces recurring metaphors and symbolic patterns to reveal ideological tensions and the persuasive power of dramatic language.
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