Author Archives: Loni

An Introduction to my Blog I chose Grace and Frankie as my text to write methods on, because I knew the series well, and loved it. I believed I had enough text to choose from, since it had five seasons. I knew I had enough characters to work with and a lot of stuff goingContinue reading “The Final Post”

Pentad From our class reading, Burke (1969) proposed his theory, the pentad, to help explain ‘‘what is involved, when we say what people are doing and why they are doing it,’’ (p. xv). In this post, I will apply the theory of pentad to Grace and Frankie, Season four. As Burke states, there are fiveContinue reading “Criticism Post #5 – Revised”

Neo Classical Criticism – Logos, pathos & ethos In this post, I will be applying the neo classical criticism method.Three persuasive factors can be used as part of the neo classical method: logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos is used to appeal to reason. It convinces the audience by using logic and reason. Pathos refers toContinue reading “Criticism Post #4 – Revised”

4th Persona In this week’s post, I will be writing about the fourth persona and apply it to an episode from the show, Grace and Frankie. From our class reading, Charles Morris defines the fourth persona as an audience that is created by the hidden messages in a text, which he refers to as aContinue reading “Criticism Post #3 – Revised”

Neo Classical Criticism – The Canon In this post, I will be applying the neo classical criticism method. The neo classical criticism method comes in two parts. The first part is called the canon, and this is what I will be using. There are five parts that make up the canon: Invention, arrangement, style, arrangement,Continue reading “Criticism Post #2 – Revised”

Rhetorical Situation In this post, I will be applying the rhetorical situation method. “The rhetorical situation can refer to the speaker, the subject, the occasion, speech, audience, anything surrounding or impacting what may be said,” (Bitzer, p.46). From our class notes, we learned that rhetorical situations can be explained into three parts. First there isContinue reading “Criticism Post #1 – Revised”

Framing This week I chose to write about the theory, framing. From our in-class notes, we learned that framing consists of eight different poetic frames: tragic, comic, epic, elegy, satire, burlesque, grotesque, and didactic. Tragic emphasises on punishment and leads to closure and scapegoats, to relieve collective guilt/sin. Comic emphasises humility, self-awareness and reflection, andContinue reading “Criticism Post #8”

Visual I apologize to my readers for posting this one a little late. For criticism post seven, I have decided to focus on one of our newer theories we have learned, which is visual rhetorical criticism. In our class slide presentation on the theory visual, we learned that there are five visual aspects to considerContinue reading “Criticism Post #7”

Narrative I have mentioned previously in my posts how the children of Grace and Frankie play an important role in the series. Today’s post will focus on one of Grace’s daughters, Brianna, and her relationship with her boyfriend/employee, Barry.  I have chosen Narrative for this criticism post. From our class notes, narrative includes several storyContinue reading “Criticism Post #6”

Pentad As Burke (1969) wrote, he proposed his pentad to help explain ‘‘what is involved, when we say what people are doing and why they are doing it’’ (p. xv). In this post, I will apply the theory of pentad to Grace and Frankie, season four. As Burke states, there are five areas of analysisContinue reading “Criticism Post #5”