COMM 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kenneth Burke, Scapegoating

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 1130
• Professor: David Supp- Mon

Document Summary

Kenneth burke: comic and tragic framing, guilt-redemption cycle, guilt purification redemption. Tragic and comic frames: (cid:862)s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)oli(cid:272) stru(cid:272)tures (cid:271)(cid:455) whi(cid:272)h hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) beings impose order upon their personal and social experiences. Frames serve as perspectives from which all interpretations of e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e are (cid:373)ade(cid:863: what redemption is needed? (recall the cycle, guilt requires redemption, tragedy: problems are external evils (they, comedy: problems are internal foibles (we) Othering and the great recession: uneven, unfulfilled, unfair (cid:862)other(cid:863) as rhetori(cid:272)al co(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374, erase differences stereotypes, essentializes immutable and naturalized, ambivalence valued and devalued, persona of author neutral observer.