Pentadic Criticism of Select Western and Chinese Plays

Authors

  • Haowen HUANG School of Foreign Languages, Hunan University of Science and Engineering
  • Concepcion G. Doyugan Graduate School of Saint Paul University Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55014/pij.v7i2.579

Keywords:

Burke’s Pentadic Criticism, The Family Reunion, Thunderstorm, Play

Abstract

This study applies Burke’s Pentadic Criticism on the study of selected western and Chinese plays (The Family Reunion by T.S. Eliot; Thunderstorm by Cao Yu) to explore the pentadic elements inherent in each of them. From the perspective of pentadic criticism, the five elements of act, agent, agency, scene, and purpose in the plays, as well as the ten pairs of ratios between them are probed into to figure out the rhetors’ motives individually. Through the analyses of both pentadic criticism, the researcher find out that the rhetors’ motives can be discerned by analyzing their choices in shaping the acts, scenes, agents, agencies, and purposes within the play.

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Published

2024-04-20
CITATION
DOI: 10.55014/pij.v7i2.579
Published: 2024-04-20

How to Cite

HUANG, H., & Doyugan, C. G. (2024). Pentadic Criticism of Select Western and Chinese Plays. Pacific International Journal, 7(2), 98–108. https://doi.org/10.55014/pij.v7i2.579

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