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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Students become familiar with the paradigm of critical discourse analysis and try to apply it on the media discourse on the current economic crisis and global capitalism. The course also aims to answer the general question: what is the role of media in today's postmodern society in reproducing social and economic order, dominance, etc. The seminar also deals with basic knowledge of Pragmalinguistics, new rhetoric, text linguistics, etc.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 4 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 47 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to the paradigm of critical discourse analysis and show the methods of analysis of media texts on globalization.
Students understand the basic principles of pragmalinguistics and text linguistics and they can apply it in the interdisciplinary paradigm of critical discourse analysis. They are able to understand the current political situation context of the discourse. At the same time the student is able to formulate a methodology of research according to specific objectives of their work.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Seminar Work
Requirements for the exam: Active participation in lectures, reading of assigned texts and home preparing for lectures, demonstration of knowledge of topics discussed in the debate over the seminar work (min. 7 standard pages previously consulted on the subject).
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Recommended literature
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Caldas-Coulthard, C. R. - Coulthard, M. Texts and Practices: Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis, London 1996.
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Dijk, van T. Ideology, London 1998.
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Fairclough, N. Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Langauge, London 1995.
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Wodak, R. - Chilton, P. A New Agenda in (Critical) Discourse Analysis: Theory, Methodology, and Interdisciplinarity, Amsterdam 2005.
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Wodak, R. The Discursive Construction of National Identity, Edinburgh 1999.
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