The representative anecdote as a burkean method, applied to evangelical rhetoric

• Barry Brummett ^[1]
  1. [1] Purdue University

     Purdue University

     Township of Wabash, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 50, nº 1, 1984, págs. 1-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This essay explains Kenneth Burke's method of discovering the representative anecdote of a discourse. The method is synecdotal insofar as it identifies a story or dramatic form which represents the motivational essence of the discourse. The anecdote is metaphorical insofar as it underlies groups of discourses. The method is demonstrated through application to three examples of evangelical rhetoric. Implications of that rhetoric in social and political contexts are discussed.