Advanced Practical English: Discourse Analysis 4219-FL208
The course will familiarize students with the basic features of critical discourse analysis and will show how the English language functions in selected areas of social, cultural and political life. Students will have an opportunity to learn main methods of discourse analysis when it comes to both oral and written texts, with a special emphasis placed on a critical understanding of power relations and the ways language can be used to support, co-produce, contest and mold these relations. The course will include such elements as pairwork, group work, film and podcast screenings, workshops and individual work. Some of the primary materials analyzed by students will include: literary works, political debates, marketing campaigns, famous speeches, art manifestos etc. Importantly, the course emphasizes ways to apply discourse analysis and aims to elevate students’ Academic English writing and speaking skills.
Modules:
Introduction to discourse analysis
Foucault and power relations
Literary and poetic language
Social media discourses
Political discourses
Language in marketing and social communication
Language of cinema
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Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student:
KNOWLEDGE
knows advanced terminology connected with discourse analysis in humanities and social sciences in English
knows basic tools and methods of critical discourse analysis
SKILLS
can apply critical discourse analysis in spoken and written English at the C1/C2 level
can participate in academic discussions, formulate opinions and take a position in a clear and correct way
COMPETENCES
is ready to prepare different written works based on discourse analysis
is able to identify and name discursive elements in social and political life
Assessment criteria
50% final test
20% participation
30% 3 responses
Bibliography
Berger, Arthur Asa. Applied Discourse Analysis: Popular Culture, Media, and Everyday Life. Palgrave, 2016.
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Discipline and Punish : the Birth of the Prison. New York: Pantheon Books, 1977.
Lazar, Michelle M. (ed.) Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Studies in Gender, Power, and Ideology. Palgrave, 2008.
Litosseliti, Lia, and Jane Sunderland (eds.) Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis. John Benjamins, 2002.
Machin, David and Andrea Mayr. How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis: A Multimodal Introduction. Sage, 2012.
Sutherland, Sean. A Beginner’s Guide to Discourse Analysis. Macmillan International, 2016.
Taylor, Stephanie. What is Discourse Analysis? Bloomsbury, 2013.
Wildfeuer, Janina. Film Discourse Interpretation: Towards a New Paradigm for Multimodal Film Analysis. Routledge, 2014.
(Course materials might be changed at a later date.)
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