Styles – Genres – Contexts 3500-JIS-SGK
In the age of global contacts and cultural exchange, which contribute to far-reaching social transformations in various areas of life, discourse plays the key role as a medium combining language activities with the related social practices. Genres and styles are important components of these transformations, acting as carriers of meaning in interaction on the one hand, and reflecting the actions, positions and relationships of the interactants on the other. These relations in turn contribute to the constantly evolving contexts, whose sources can be found in discursively shaped cognitive schemata of social actors, which likewise exert a direct impact on the textual form of communication events.
The aim of the lecture is to define the concepts of genre, style and context in various approaches of linguistics and related domains: stylistics, genre studies, discourse analysis, ethnography of communication, pragmatics, etc. The lecture also discusses relations between genre, style and context in selected models and theories. In the second part of the course, the focus is on styles, genres and contexts understood as linguistic and cognitive social practices and institutions, and their role in creating and modifying social reality. In particular, the lecture shows the constitutive role of genres in various areas of discourse in establishing and developing specific spheres of public life. The texts that make up these domains both represent and create social and cultural processes. Evolution of genres is often accompanied by changes and reconstructions of textually defined social roles, which translates into the reconstruction of identity and the resulting change in styles and perspectives of expression.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
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Learning outcomes
The graduate
K_W01 Has an in-depth knowledge of the subject and methodology of linguistics, discourse analysis and social semiotics.
K_W03 Knows terminology in the fields of linguistics, discourse analysis and social semiotics at the advanced level.
K_W05 Has an in-depth knowledge of linguistics, linguistics-related discourse analysis and social semiotics
K_W07 Knows advanced methods developed by linguistics, linguistics-related discourse analysis and social semiotics, which allow the student to problematize, analyze and interpret the phenomena occurring in the fields of culture, interpersonal communication and in social discourses.
K_W16 Has an advanced knowledge about man as a creator of and participant in social and cultural discourses.
K_U05 Can use the achievements of modern linguistics, linguistics-related discourse analysis and social semiotics for the purpose of critical analysis and interpretation of cultural artifacts, and of intellectual and ideological trends.
K_K01 Understands the need for lifelong learning and is ready to undertake third degree studies.
K_K02 Is ready to take up a job requiring knowledge of the language of public, specialist and intercultural communication; knowledge of a selected foreign language and knowledge of contemporary social and political processes.
Assessment criteria
written exam (100% of the grade)
Admission to the exam is based on the presence at the lecture. Two unexcused absences are allowed. If a student has more than two absences, including excused ones, he/she should ask the lecturer about the form of getting credit for the material from the classes when the student was absent, and then obtain such credit before the end of the semester. If a student is absent at more than 50% of classes, he/she does not get credit for this course, pursuant the Faculty Regulations.
Exam result:
99% -100 - 5!
98% - 91% - 5
90% - 86% - 4.5
85% - 76% - 4
75% - 71% - 3.5
70% - 60% - 3
less than 60% - 2
Bibliography
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Eggins, S. i J. R. Martin (2001) “Gatunki i rejestry dyskursu”. W: T. A. van Dijk (red.) Dyskurs jako struktura i proces, Warszawa: PWN, 153-181.
Gajda, S. (2013) „Teoria stylu i stylistyka”. W: E. Malinowska, J. Nocoń i U. Żydek-Bednarczuk (red.) Style współczesnej polszczyzny: przewodnik po stylistyce polskiej, Kraków: Universitas, 15-33.
Loewe, I. (2008) „Polska genologia lingwistyczna. Rekonesans”, Tekst i Dyskurs = Text und Dyskurs 1: 5-15.
Sandig, B. i M. Selting (2001) „Style dyskursu”. W: T. A. van Dijk (red.) Dyskurs jako struktura i proces, Warszawa: PWN, 131-152.
Skudrzyk, A. i J. Warchała (2013) „Język potoczny – dyskurs potoczny”. W: E. Malinowska, J. Nocoń i U. Żydek-Bednarczuk (red.) Style współczesnej polszczyzny: przewodnik po stylistyce polskiej, Kraków: Universitas, 35-59.
Wojtak, M. (2011) „O relacjach dyskursu, stylu, gatunku i tekstu”, Tekst i Dyskurs = Text und Diskurs 4: 69-78.
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