Abstract
This article examines the historiographic trajectory of rhetoric and composition studies by analyzing archival research practices, using Kenneth Burke's dramatistic pentad as our analytical tool. We rely on a Burkean framework of "scenes, acts, agents, agencies, purposes, and attitudes" to invigorate our understanding of historiographic methods and to open up new possibilities for future histories of rhetoric and composition.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 321-342 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | College Composition and Communication |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - Dec 1 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Education
- Language and Linguistics
- Literature and Literary Theory