Beyond the "Tyranny of the Real": Revisiting Burke's Pentad as Research Method for Professional Communication

Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2002

Beyond the "Tyranny of the Real": Revisiting Burke's Pentad as Research Method for Professional Communication

Catherine Fox

Abstract

Abstract This article answers Carl Hemdl's call for furthering critical approaches to research in professional communication by forwarding Kenneth Burke's concepts of symbolic action, dramatism, and the pentad. This article illustrates, through an analysis of data gathered in a case study of technical writers, how Burke provides us with tools that can produce more varied terministic screens for how critical researchers conceptualize, interpret, and analyze workplace communication.

Journal: Technical Communication Quarterly
Published: 2002-10-01
DOI: 10.1207/s15427625tcq1104_1
Open Access: Closed
Topics: professional writing

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