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  • Essay / Dramatism In On Symbols And Society by Kenneth Burke

    It took me a while to really understand what Richard Burke was trying to explain about the idea of ​​dramatism. Its wording was very complicated to understand in my personal opinion and I had to read the article several times to understand it better. I felt that our recent courses allowed me to better understand what exactly dramatism is and how we find examples of it in our society or in literature. After gaining a little more knowledge about dramatism, I felt it was a little easier to write this specific summary. I do, however, agree with some of Burke's ideas explained in this article. I liked how he separated dramatism into five different components and explained how they all related to what exactly dramatism is. To be completely honest, I had no knowledge of what dramatism was before reading this article and listening to our lectures on it. Although I was confused about it, I found it interesting once I understood the article better. Burke has many intelligent observations shown in this article, especially his connections to other literary works that also explain dramatism. I really enjoyed getting more insight into other people's perspectives on drama and their explanations of what they think it is. Although I still need to learn a little more drama to fully understand it, I kind of enjoyed the challenge because it helps me