Symbolic Action and Communication: Metaphor and Money in Kenneth Burke

The article examines how the social-critical vision of modern society stems from the key notions of Kenneth Burke's conception of “symbolic action”. The bridge between literary criticism and Burke's socio-anthropological constructions is the concept of motive. An authentic source of motive...

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Main Author: Andrei A. Gornykh
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2020-11-01
Series:Литература двух Америк
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Online Access:http://litda.ru/images/2020-9/LDA-2020-9_174-194_Gornykh.pdf