A pentadic analysis of ideologies in two gay rights controversies
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Central States Speech Journal
- Vol. 30 (3) , 250-261
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10510977909368018
Abstract
The application of Kenneth Burke's pentad in rhetorical criticism can reveal ideologies at work in a controversy. This paper is an example of how to use the pentad to understand ideology. Rhetoric in favor of gay rights is informed by an ideology that features agents as primary and acts as derivative. Rhetoric opposed to gay rights features acts as primary and agents as derivative.Keywords
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