So, I didn’t really have a fruitful week in researching my artifact. I’ll be honest. I got really behind, and I worked like a dog to finish some other key assignments in a very panicked, unhealthily sleep-deprived manner. However, I DID read the Burke excerpt and take some notes, which I’m sure I will be able to use somehow in my research/presentation of my artifact.
- The perspctive within our methodology/theoretical framework is our "theory of drama."
- Parts of persuasive essays parallel the acts in a play.
- The model of human drama as means of explanation in the social sciences is the alternative to the scientific “mechanicistic” model (stimulus, response, and the conditioned reflex)
- The U.S. Constitution (and documents like it, for that matter) should not be looked at as an isolation or an end-all to law or reason in our country, but it should be seen for what it really is––a rejoinder to the issues/questions/philosophies of its day
- Dialectal terms require an opposite: "apple" is non-dialectal, but "freedom" is dialectal.
- This universal human drama arises from the unending conversation/exchange of ideas that is in turn caused by the genius of MAN...and of course WOMAN as well (I know both genders were implied when Burke wrote this but are no longer now and that is why I've corrected him)
- When I grow up, I want to be an Aristotelian trucker.
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My apologies for not posting/commenting on this blog in time. Do you think this outline of the Burke excerpt helped you in the overall Burkean Parlor workshop we had to do?
ReplyDeleteI felt a little overwhelmed when I initially read the article, partly because I was not really reading for content and I was in a loud, crowded coffee shop, but also because I wasn't sure exactly how relevant it was at the time.
I think this really helps to show that research and academic scholars are not producing purely dry scholarly mumbo jumbo, but attempting to continue larger conversations that parallel everything and anything. The "theory of drama" is such a great one, where we can see that this larger conversation that is going on is a dramatic play-like conversation with people past and present, scholars and not, etc., etc, etc.
Pretty cool stuff, and definitely a helpful excerpt to read in preparation for our own presentations.