Facing the Gorgon: Kenneth Burke on Dramatic Form, Catharsis, and Transcendence

Drawing mainly upon the thinking of Kenneth Burke, this essay overviews a few psychological functions performed within dramatic works of art. It shows how dramatic works of art (e.g. novels, plays, films, and even TV shows) operate as subtle modes of applied psychology: they offer different types of...

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Main Author: Corey Anton
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_43-59_Anton.pdf