Answer one question from Set A and one question from Set B. Label the essays, e.g. A1, B2, and copy the entire question at the beginning of the essay. Incorporation of readings into the essay should be direct, focused, specific,…
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Mind-boggling Biblical Burke
by MaryAnn Macedo • • 1 Comment
Burke’s readings were particularly interesting to me, both because he examined things like “the rhetoric of witchcraft” and Darwinism and Biblical rhetoric and because of his concept of terministic screens. While I’m still not entirely sure that I got…
English 5001
On Burke’s Filters & Weaver’s Responsibility
by Shirley Miranda • • 1 Comment
I am not really sure how many of you had to bear with the multiple lectures on how language is a system of symbols, and those symbols allow us to understand the world around us. I have been hearing that…
English 5001
Burke
by jocias • • 0 Comments
“In the beginning was the word” that sparked the creation of language and its complex system of signifiers, an infinite loop expanding as new ideas breathe into existence. Burke calls the rhetorical use of these symbols magic; its practitioners, spellbinders.…
Classes, English 5001
Defining Rhetoric: A Vain Attempt
by kmontero • • 0 Comments
To begin, I would like to criticize Kenneth Burke’s complex statements for my simple mind. Although reading Anne’s post provided clarity regarding his text and idea of “alienation” resulting from languages’ (signifier) inability to fully express meaning (signified), I believe Burke is entirely too…
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(Re)Defining Rhetoric
by jgreene • • 0 Comments
Based on the readings for the week, it seems to me that the 20th century recovery of rhetoric is about defining what is entailed when we talk about rhetoric. Not necessarily satisfied with the way rhetoric was being treated, intellectuals…