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dramatism: a standalone construct

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dramatism1 CONSTRUCTDramatismBURKE · RHETORIC

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Rhetoric

a method of analysing language and human motives by treating them as forms of symbolic action, as in drama.

In rhetoric, dramatism refers to a method of analysing language and human motives by treating them as forms of symbolic action, as in drama. This meaning comes from Burke (1945) in A grammar of motives.[1]

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  1. Burke, K. (1945). A grammar of motives. Prentice-Hall. Open Library record

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