The English Tradition in the Seventeenth Century 3 minutes Francis Bacon The students are Baconian method or simply,the scientific method.His demand for a planned procedure of investigatin g all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science,much of supposed to answer which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today the question:What is Bacon famous for Modern rhetoric At the turn of the twentieth century,Theorists generally agree that a significant reason for the revival o 15 minutes f the study of rhetoric was the renewed importance of language and persuasion in the increasingly med iated environment of the twentieth century (see Linguistic turn)and through the twenty-first century,w Stepl:brief ith the media focus on the wide variations and analyses of political rhetoric and its consequences.The introduction of Burke rise of advertising and of mass media such as photography,telegraphy,radio,and film brought rhetoric Step2:Brief more prominently into people's lives. introduction of Burke Burke's rhetorical In Burke's philosophy,social interaction and communication should be understood in terms of a penta d,which includes act,scene,agent,agency,and purpose. ideas. He proposed that most social interaction and communication can be approached as a form of drama w hose outcomes are determined by ratios between these five pentadic elements.This has become known as the"dramatistic pentad." Five elements of the pentad 1. Act:What happened?What is the action?What is going on?What action;what thou ghts? 2. Scene:Where is the act happening?What is the background situation? 3 Agent:Who is involved in the action?What are their roles? 4. Agency:How do the agents act?By what means do they act? Purpose:Why do the agents act?What do they want? ent Agenc Summary 1.The students are supposed to know what,why and how do they study rhetoric? Summary 2.The students are supposed to get to know the historians such as Aristotle,Plato,Quintilian and so on 3.Burke's theory is a bit difficult for the students,so more exercises are needed for them.The English Tradition in the Seventeenth Century Francis Bacon Baconian method or simply, the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigatin g all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today Modern rhetoric At the turn of the twentieth century, Theorists generally agree that a significant reason for the revival o f the study of rhetoric was the renewed importance of language and persuasion in the increasingly med iated environment of the twentieth century (see Linguistic turn) and through the twenty-first century, w ith the media focus on the wide variations and analyses of political rhetoric and its consequences. The rise of advertising and of mass media such as photography, telegraphy, radio, and film brought rhetoric more prominently into people's lives. Burke In Burke's philosophy, social interaction and communication should be understood in terms of a penta d, which includes act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose. He proposed that most social interaction and communication can be approached as a form of drama w hose outcomes are determined by ratios between these five pentadic elements. This has become known as the "dramatistic pentad." Five elements of the pentad 1. Act: What happened? What is the action? What is going on? What action; what thou ghts? 2. Scene: Where is the act happening? What is the background situation? 3. Agent: Who is involved in the action? What are their roles? 4. Agency: How do the agents act? By what means do they act? 5. Purpose: Why do the agents act? What do they want? Summary 3 minutes The students are supposed to answer the question: What is Bacon famous for ? 15 minutes Step1: brief introduction of Burke Step2: Brief introduction of Burke’s rhetorical ideas. Summary 1. The students are supposed to know what, why and how do they study rhetoric? 2. The students are supposed to get to know the historians such as Aristotle, Plato, Quintilian and so on. 3. Burke’s theory is a bit difficult for the students, so more exercises are needed for them