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I have a presentation to give about Kenneth Burke, and one of the things I must incorporate into it is his definition of Truth/truth!. However, I cannot find it anywhere, which means that I am supposed to be able to figure it out on my own, but I can't! If anyone could help, I would really appreciate it! also, if anyone knows some other theorists who would agree with Burke (Karl Marx, Freud, etc!.!.) I would greatly appreciate that too!. Any help is great! Thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Burke's placement of "the truth" in quotation marks reflects his rejection of any simplistically objectivist notion of truth!. He is not interested in how these rhetorical figures ornament truth, as if truth existed prior to the entrance of rhetoric!. Rather, the relationship between these four master tropes and truth is more complicated!. Truth is, for Burke, a rhetorical product as much as a rhetorical precursor!. Hence, the tropes function not only epistemologically in the discovery of truth, but also ontologically in the very constitution of truth!. Burke's subsequent discussion of metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony illustrates how each trope functions dramatistically to make, and to make known, the world!. When Burke discusses the trope of irony, the relationship between rhetoric and truth is further complicated!. Irony is dialogical!. Whereas metaphor, metonymy, and synecdoche offer particular perspectives for viewing and knowing the world, irony!.!.!.
I do not know if it will help but hopefully it will!. Good Luck on the Presentation
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sorry!. i am nt able to help u!. bt all the best 4 ur presentation!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com