The dialectic of substance: Rhetoric vs poetry |
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| Authors: | Parke G Burgess |
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| Institution: | Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences , Queens College of the City University of New York , Flushing, New York, 11367 |
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| Abstract: | Distinguishing between rhetorical and poetic forms of symbolic action, derived from the works of Kenneth Burke, this essay finds the substance of each in identification/division and in the power of entitlement. Whereas the symbolic power of poetry arises from acts of identification/division apparent within the text, the symbolic power of rhetoric arises from the acts of identification/division that extend beyond the text, implicating auditors in the action that appears there. Distinctive responses result from the unique understanding required of each form of symbolic action. |
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| Keywords: | Rhetoric vs poetic discursive/nondiscursive symbolic action substance identification/division power of entitlement form as appearance appearance as knowledge |
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