📚 A Rhetoric of Motives: Traditional Principles of Rhetoric Part 5 🎭

Welcome back, everyone! I’m Dr. Bobby, “The Best Assistant Professor Who Never Was”, and today, we’re diving deeper into Kenneth Burke’s A Rhetoric of Motives. In this episode, we unpack Burke’s exploration of rhetoric, symbolism, and motivation, with some surprising connections to pop culture, including Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, Bolter & Grusin’s Remediation, and even Spider-Man reboots! 🕷️🎬

We also tackle the rivalry between entertainment and education, the symbolic nature of human reality, and how context shapes meaning-making—all while weaving in classic examples like Elmer Fu ...