MA Seminar II: Solidarity, Conflict, Power - Social Relations in Language and Discourse 3304-2D2W-SM-021
A seminar devoted to the ways in which social relations are expressed in everyday interactions and public discourse. Relationships of a different nature - implying equality or domination, proximity or distance, cooperation or conflict - between different categories of subjects are the subject of consideration: from interpersonal relations (e.g. between artist and audience) to relations between social groups (e.g. social conflicts). How these relationships are created, sustained, negotiated or contested in different genres of expression, in particular media discourse, political discourse and social media. The theoretical framework of the analyses carried out is primarily French discourse and interaction analysis.
The detailed programme of the seminar is decided during the course depending on the research needs of the MSc students.
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The student knows and understands:
- to an in-depth degree subject and methodological specificities of discourse and interaction analysis and their place in the field of language studies (K_W01);
- to an in-depth degree - general linguistic terminology and specific terminology in French discourse and interaction analysis (K_W02);
- to an in-depth degree - directions and research methods of French discourse and interaction analysis related to the topic of the thesis in preparation (K_W04, K_W09);
- in-depth understanding of the role of language and communication, including intercultural communication, in public and professional life (K_W07, K_W12, K_W13).
- in-depth issues in French discourse and interaction analysis related to the topic of the thesis in preparation (K_W06, K_W07);
Assessment criteria
Course credit criteria related to the preparation of the thesis:
- Semester III: editing of the first chapter of the thesis presenting the theoretical framework of the study;
Semester IV: editing of the remaining chapters of the thesis.
In addition, each semester the student/student shall present a paper on issues related to the problems of the seminar or the topic of the master's thesis.
A prerequisite for the completion of semester IV of the Master's seminar is the submission of a completed thesis.
Bibliography
Bibliografia podstawowa:
AMOSSY R. (2000), L’argumentation dans le discours. Discours politique, littérature d’idée, fiction, Paris, Nathan.
AMOSSY R. (2010), La présentation de soi : ethos et identité verbale, Paris, PUF.
AMOSSY R. (2014), Apologie de la polémique, Paris, Presses universitaires de France.
BROWN P. & LEVINSON S. (1987), Politeness. Some Universals in Language Usage, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
GOFFMAN E. (1974), Les rites d’interaction, Paris, Éd. de Minuit.
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI C. (1990, 1992, 1994), Les interactions verbales, t. 1-3, Paris, Armand Colin.
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI C. (2005), Le discours en interaction, Paris, Armand Colin.
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI C. (éd.) (2010), S’adresser à autrui. Les formes nominales d’adresse, Chambéry, Université de Savoie.
MAINGUENEAU D. (2022), L'ethos en analyse du discours, Louvain-la-Neuve, Academia.
MICHELI R. (2014), Les émotions dans le discours, Bruxelles–Paris, De Boeck – Duculot.
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