ZURn6338 Critical Discourse Analysis and Media

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 Studio 527
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to make students familiar with the methodology of critical discourse analysis, to introduce them to basic principles, concepts, tools and to help them better understand the structure and contents of media texts.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- understand the social and material conditions underlying media discourses
- construct a research design compatible with principles of CDA
- analyze texts through basic tools and categories of linguistics
Syllabus
  • 1 Course introduction (16. 9.)
  • 2 Critical Discourse Analysis as a Research Paradigm (23. 9.)
  • 3 Discourse, performativity, artikulation (30. 9.)
  • 4 Discourse strategies (7. 10.)
  • 5 Reading week, no class (14. 10.)
  • 6 Discourse community, perspektivization, context (21. 10.)
  • 7 Reading week, no class (28. 10.)
  • 8 Ideology and hegemony (4. 11.)
  • 9 Research design in CDA (11. 11.)
  • 10 Lexical analysis (18. 11.)
  • 11 Modality and transitivity (25. 11.)
  • 12 Miniconference (2. 11.)
  • 13 Miniconference (9. 1.)
Literature
  • The Routledge handbook of critical discourse studies. Edited by John Flowerdew - John E. Richardson. First published. London: Routledge, 2018, xviii, 637. ISBN 9781138826403. info
  • HART, Christopher. Critical discourse analysis and cognitive science : new perspectives on immigration discourse. First published. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, xiii, 219. ISBN 9780230279506. info
  • WALTON, Douglas N. Media argumentation : dialectic, persuasion, and rhetoric. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xiii, 386. ISBN 9780521700306. info
  • JØRGENSEN, Marianne and Louise PHILLIPS. Discourse analysis as theory and method. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2002, viii, 229. ISBN 9780761971115. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Media discourse. 1st pub. London: Hodder Arnold, 1995, viii, 214. ISBN 0340588896. info
  • FOWLER, Roger. Language in the news : discourse and ideology in the press. London: Routledge, 1991, x, 254. ISBN 0415014190. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, reading
Assessment methods
homeworks, discussions, presentation (either of a research project, o ran analysis)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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