We talked about Burke, but not about the Pentad. I found some sources that may help me: The Rhetoric of Fiction – Wayne C. Booth; Detective Fiction – Robin W. Wink; Bloody Murder – Julian Symons; The Detective Novel of…
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Terministic Screens
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Tina Bell 5001 Commentary Week 6 26 March 2009 Terministic Screens What is reality? According to Kenneth Burke, reality resides in the symbol system we use. Members of societies in various cultures and from various time periods have used particular…
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Simplify the Complex? (Com. #2–5001)
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In spite of all his trash talking, Peter Ramus presents an interesting Argument in Rhetoric Against Quintilian. Ramus seems to be quite opposed to Quintilian’s muddling of the definitions of artistic domains. Specifically, he wants to distinguish the art of…
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Burke commentary
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Reading the Burke texts only emphasized how problematic words and definitions can be. Xing talked about the problems that develop when looking for translation and meaning across cultures and languages, but Burke pointed out that misunderstanding and varying meaning can…
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The Path to a New Rhetoric-Commentary Week Six
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Mike Calou 3-26-09 Commentary Week Six The Path to a New Rhetoric At this point in the semester I think a brief chronology of our rhetoric studies is appropriate. This “walk” through the history of rhetoric is not meant to…
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Commentary #2 A Rhetoric of Motives by Kenneth Burke
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In the chapter from A Rhetoric of Motives, author Kenneth Burke establishes that rhetoric serves a “realistic function” (Burke 43). He argues that rhetoric serves a purpose in our language–it has a job. Then, as a recurring theme in our…