Dramatism Flashcards
Dramatism Theory
Life is a drama and can be explained using dramatic terms
substance
the general nature of a thing
-each person has a distinct substance
consubstantiality
identification of people with each other
-makes community possible
guilt
central motive for human action, specifically communication
hierarchy
language allows us to create categories
-division among people, things
perfection
we can conceive perfect ideals but we can never achieve it
-guilt sets in
negative
moral capacity to say no
-ability to name the negative have given us guilt
“i want to loose weight but its wrong to deprive ourselves of pleasure”
mortification
blaming ourselves
-way to get rid of guilt
victimage
indefication of an external source for some apparent or sin
-way to get rid of guilt
two ways to purge guilt
mortification
victimage
scapegoating
placing of sins into a sacrificial vessel whose destruction serves to cleanse an individual or group of sin
dramatistic pentad
- tool that provides structure for analyzing human actions
- act
- scene
- agent
- agency
- purpose
- attitude
act
what is done by a person (insult, caress, explanation of behavior)
scene
context when the interaction occurs
agent
individual or group that preforms the act
agency
means the agent uses to accomplish an act (storytelling, violence, message strategies)
purpose
the goal of the act
attitude
how an actor positions himself relative to others and the contexts in which she or he operates
critical analysis
- obscure, confusing, difficult to understand
- there has to be more to human motive than guilt
