A Burkean Analysis on the Relationship of the Image to Player Motivation in First-Person Shooter Games

• Other Authors: McCall, Toby (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: English literature
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-2621

Through an application of Kenneth Burke's theory of dramatism, my study identifies in the first-person shooter (FPS) game genre what I call visual tropes: the repeated use of specific visual situations to provide cues and instruction to the player audience. Like Burke's own examinations of stage drama, I analyze the scene/agent, scene/act, and scene/agency ratios in these games in order to begin a discussion of their effects on player identification, motivation, and interaction in game space. === A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. === Summer Semester, 2008. === March 26, 2008. === Rhetoric, First Person Shooter, Burke, Dramatism, Pentad, Visual, Image, Motivation, Video Games === Includes bibliographical references. === Kathleen Yancey, Professor Directing Thesis; Phil Steinberg, Outside Committee Member; Kristie Fleckenstein, Committee Member; Michael Neal, Committee Member.