Drama in the Archives: Rereading Methods, Rewriting History

College Composition and Communication Dec 2009

Drama in the Archives: Rereading Methods, Rewriting History

Cheryl Glenn ; Jessica Enoch University of Pittsburgh

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.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2009-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc20099474
Open Access: Closed
Topics: rhetorical theory archival research

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