From Form to Function: In Defense of an Internal Use of the Pentad

KB Journal: The Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society Apr 2011 web Open Access

From Form to Function: In Defense of an Internal Use of the Pentad

Abstract

Whether or not Burke’s prophecy became reality, it is clear that Burke’s work on the five terms was taking form even before its first mention appeared in print in his book Philosophy of Literary Form (1941), and long before it debuted as “the pentad” in A Grammar of Motives (1969a). This focus appears to have continued throughout the remainder of his career; as Rueckert (1982) contends, “if there is a single overriding lesson to learn from Burke, it is that everything implies everything else, and everything is more complicated than it seems” (p. 267).

Journal: KB Journal: The Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society
Published: 2011-04
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Topics: grammar and mechanics
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