ENGAGING KENNETH BURKE'S CRITICAL LEGACY
When: Thursday, November 09, 8:00-9:15 a.m.
Where: Rm 422, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Kenneth Burke Society, NCA Branch
Chair: Kelly M. McDonald, Western Washington Univ
- "Becoming 'Occupationally Psychotic': Engaging Burke in the Orientations of Women." Keri A. Bodensteiner, Truman State Univ
- "Presidential Rememberance: An Examination of Tragedy, Victimage and Form." Elisia L. Cohen, Univ of Southern California
- "Engaging a Movement: Letter to MS. Magazine and Reader Identification." Sarah T. Partlow, Univ of Kansas
- "Kenneth Burke and Power: A Further Analysis of Burke's Implicit Discussion of Power." Jeffrey T. VanCleave, Univ of Kansas
- "Justifying the Show: Burke's Representative Anecdote and the Rhetorical Analysis of TV Texts." Tammy R. Vigil, Univ of Kansas
Respondent: Donn W. Parson, Univ of Kansas
CRITIQUING KRITIKING: TACTICS OF RESPONSE AND EXTENSION
When: Thursday, November 09, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Where: West A, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Cross Examination Debate Association
Chair: Pat J. Gehrke, Penn State UnivRespondent: Kenneth T. Broda-Bahm, Towson Univ
- "Discord and Harmonia: Kenneth Burke's Rhetorical Theory and Kritik Permutations." Veronica F. Finkelstein, Penn State Univ
- "The Nihilist Liberation Front: (Intellectual) Terror and Academic Debate." Steven Andrew Ellis, Univ of Vermont
- "Keep on Debatin': Reconsidering the Activist Turn from the In/Out." Pat J. Gehrke, Penn State Univ
- "Responding to Kritiks: Apologies, Counterkritiks and Permutations." David M. Berube, Univ of South Carolina
SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY'S JANUARY 9, 1950 WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA SPEECH: A PUBLIC RELATIONS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
When: Thursday, November 09, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Where: East B, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Public Relations Division
Chair: Peter Morello, Univ of Missouri, Kansas City
- "Joseph McCarthy Meets Kenneth Burke." James J. Floyd, Central Missouri State Univ
BURKE ON THE COUCH: PSYCHIATRIC/PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DRAMATISM
When: Thursday, November 09, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Where: Rm 422, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Kenneth Burke Society, NCA Branch
Chair: Bryan Crable, Villanova Univ
- Panelists:
- Craig R. Smith, California State Univ, Long Beach
- Richard E. Vatz, Towson Univ
- Bryan Crable, Villanova Univ
- Wade Kenny, Univ of Dayton
- Corey Anton, Grand Valley State Univ
- Barry D. Liss, Univ of Colorado, Boulder
Panelists will begin by reading short position papers regarding Burke's relevance for the study of psychology and/or psychiatry. Afterwards, audience members and panel participants will engage in dialogue regarding such topics as: symbolic and symptomatic action, the construction of "mental illness", and possible connections between Burke and such seminal figures as Freud, Jung, Laing, Szasz, Fromm, and Henry.
CONTEMPORARY READING OF BURKE: EXPLORATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
When: Friday, November 10, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Where: Rm 422, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Kenneth Burke Society, NCA Branch
Chair: Jeffrey W. Murray, Canonsburg, PA
- "Counter-Statement to Technological Psychosis: Burke's Turn to SF in 'Helhaven'." James E. Beard, Univ of Arkansas
- "Situating 'The Four Master Tropes' in Burke's Philosophy." Shannon Scott, Univ of Washington
- "The Grounding of Form: A Corrective Action on Burke's Form Through Dewey's Communication as Experience." Jennifer Adams, Purdue Univ
- "A 'Terministic Screen' of Japan's Memory and Counter-Memory for the Japanese and the World.." Hiroko Okuda, Northwestern Univ
- "The End of Rhetoric: KB's Charismatic Vessels and JFK's Golf Clubs." Casey Scott, Duquesne Univ, Richard H. Thames, Duquesne Univ
Respondent: Corey Anton, Grand Valley State Univ
ENGAGING AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY RHETORICALLY: RHETORICAL READINGS OF EARLY AMERICAN SPIRITUALISM
When: Friday, November 10, 2:00-3:15 p.m.
Where: Madrona, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Spiritual Communication Commission
Chair: Alfred G. Mueller, II, Penn State Univ, Mont AltoRespondent: Kathleen Farrell, Univ of Iowa
- "Jonathan Edwards' 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God': Burke's Guilt, Redemption, and Purification Cycle." John B. Giertz, Rutgers Univ
READING SOCIAL DISCOURSE THROUGH A BURKEAN LENS
When: Friday, November 10, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Where: Rm 422, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Kenneth Burke Society, NCA Branch
Chair: Richard H. Thames, Duquesne UnivRespondent: Thomas S. Wright, Purdue Univ
- "Outcasting: A Representative Anecdote for Sensational Youth Homocide." Emily J. Plec, Univ of Utah
- "A Pentadic Analysis of Marian Wright Edelman's The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours." Jennifer F. Wood, Towson Univ
- "Boris Yeltsin: The Rhetoric of a Russian Democrat(?)." James A. Janack, Framingham State Col
- "The Yale Grade Strike: A Dramatistic Interpretation." Thomas A. Discenna, Oakland Univ
- "The American Dream in Working Girl: Negotiating the Myth of Class Mobility." J Emmett Winn, Auburn Univ
READING BURKE TOGETHER: EPILOGUE: PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN
When: Saturday, November 11, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Where: Rm 422, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Kenneth Burke Society, NCA Branch
Chair: Corey Anton, Grand Valley State Univ
- Panelists:
- Corey Anton, Grand Valley State Univ
- Bryan Crable, Villanova Univ
- Wade Kenny, Univ of Dayton
- Barry D. Liss, Univ of Colorado, Boulder
- Richard H. Thames, Duquesne Univ
- Thomas S. Wright, Purdue Univ
Panelists will (and audience members should) come with text in hand to engage in a discussion regarding the final chapter in The Rhteoric of Religion. Panelists will begin with brief opening statements regarding its importance, and then will open a dialogue on teaching and/or criticism via this chapter.
TOP FOUR COMPETITIVE PAPERS ON KENNETH BURKE
When: Saturday, November 11, 2:00-3:15 p.m.
Where: Rm 422, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Kenneth Burke Society, NCA Branch
Chair: Wade Kenny, Univ of Dayton
- Music as Rhetorical Mode: A Burkean Perspective. Jon P. Radwan, Univ of Montevallo
- Burke and the Boys: Using Burke to Interrogate (Masculine) Gender Performance and Representation*. Wesley Buerkle, Arizona State Univ
- Contingency, Irony, Metabiology: The Relative Solidarity of Richard Rorty and Kenneth Burke**. Brent A. Whitmore, Univ of Minnesota
- Watch Out for the Worlds Behind You: The Comic Frame in William Gibson's Neuromancer. Valerie R. Renegar, San Diego State Univ
Respondent: Jeffrey W. Murray, Canonsburg, PA
KENNETH BURKE ON THE ART OF TEACHING
When: Sunday, November 12, 8:00-9:15 a.m.
Where: Rm 422, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Sponsor: Kenneth Burke Society, NCA Branch
Chair: Bryan Crable, Villanova Univ
- "Equipment for Living and Learning: A Burkean Approach to Higher Education." Elvera B. Berry, Roberts Wesleyan Col
- "Education as Perspective by Incongruity." Wade Kenny, Univ of Dayton
- "How Boring? Course Organization and the Psychology of Information vs. the Psychology of Form." Richard H. Thames, Duquesne Univ
Respondent: Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne Univ
THE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL: MODELS OF ENGAGEMENT
When: Sunday, November 12, 8:00-9:15 a.m.
Where: Rm 305, 3rd Floor, WSCTC
Sponsor: Engaged Discipline Series
Chair: John Lyne, Univ of Pittsburgh
- "Cornel West: The Prophetic Pragmatist." Marcus A. Paroske, Univ of Pittsburgh
- "Kenneth Burke: THe Social Activist." David Cram Helwich, Univ of Pittsburgh
- "Hannah Arendt: The Public Actor." Alessandra Beasley, Univ of Pittsburgh
- "Richard Rorty: The Conversational Ironist." Nathan Crick, Univ of Pittsburgh
- "Charles Sanders Peirce: The Pragmaticist." Eli Brennan, Univ of Pittsburgh
Respondent: Walter R. Fisher, Univ of Southern CaliforniaThe panel considers models for the public intellectual represented in the work and practice of five intellectuals.
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