<i>Terministic Screens</i>: A Burkean Reading of the Experimental Article

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Apr 1992

<i>Terministic Screens</i>: A Burkean Reading of the Experimental Article

Mary B. Coney Seattle University

Abstract

This article tests the value of Kenneth Burke's methodology of placing screens before seemingly unproblematic objects to reveal their complex and often contradictory natures. The scientific article reporting experimental results is explored through three such “terministic screens”—the sermon, the playscript, and the blueprint. The result tells as much about Burke as a thinker as it does about the ways of thinking about the experimental article.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 1992-04-01
DOI: 10.2190/nbun-tr0j-1hqv-gwlm
Open Access: Closed
Topics: rhetorical theory multilingual writers

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (1)

Shubert et al. (1995)

The Comprehensibility of Simplified English in Procedures

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Cites in this index (2)

Royer (1991)

New challenges to epistemic rhetoric

Rhetoric Review
Coney (1978)

The Use of the Reader in Technical Writing

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Also cites 5 works outside this index ↓

Booth W. C., Kenneth Burke's Way of Knowing, Critical Inquiry, pp. 1–22, September 1974.

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