The Analysis of Senator Barack Obama’s Speech on Race by Kenneth Burke’s Idea of Dramatism

The analysis is focused on scene-act ratio and agent-purpose ratio in an attempt to identify and interpret Obama’s motives in giving the race speech. The analysis of scene-act ratio spotlights the political motive of the speech. Obama wanted to limit the damage inflicted on his campaign by his pasto...

The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review

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