Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Apr 1992

Terministic Screens: 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.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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1992-04-01
DOI
10.2190/nbun-tr0j-1hqv-gwlm
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  1. Shubert et al. (1995)
    The Comprehensibility of Simplified English in Procedures
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