SLJAT04 Critical Discourse Analysis

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
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 acquaint students with the methodology of critical discursive analysis, to introduce them to its basic principles, concepts, tools and to help them better understand the structure, content and intentions of media texts.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- cover basic theoretical concepts and theories of CDA,
- understand the role of discourse in the context of social behavior,
- master the basic tools for analyzing the structure and content of media texts,
- apply theoretical knowledge of CDA in the analysis of journalistic texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. CDA research background
  • 2. Key concepts of CDA (text and discourse, criticism, ideology, power)
  • 3. Philosophical bases of CDA (M. Foucault, J. Habermans)
  • 4. Main CDA streams (van Dijk, R. Wodak, N. Fairclough)
  • 5. CDA methods (dispositional analysis, socio-cognitive approach, discursive-historical approach, dialectical approach)
  • 6. Methodological apparatus for revealing the persuasive line of the text
  • 7. Multimodal discourse analysis
Literature
    required literature
  • PROKOPOVÁ, Kateřina, Zuzana ORSÁGOVÁ a Petra Martinková. Metodologie výzkumu v oblasti kritické anylýzy diskurzu. 1. vydání. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014. 75 stran. ISBN 978-80-244-4344-7
    recommended literature
  • CINGEROVÁ, Nina, Katarína MOTYKOVÁ. Úvod do diskurznej analýzy. Univ. Komenského v Bratislave, 2017. 173 s. ISBN 978-80-223-4385-5.
  • Methods of critical discourse studies. Edited by Ruth Wodak - Michael Meyer. 3rd edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2016, ix, 256. ISBN 9781446282410. info
  • The discourse studies reader : main currents in theory and analysis. Edited by Johannes Angermüller - Dominique Maingueneau - Ruth Wodak. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2014, vii, 417. ISBN 9789027270184. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman and Isabela FAIRCLOUGH. Political discourse analysis. New York: Routledge, 2012, x, 266. ISBN 9780415499231. info
  • Methods of critical discourse analysis. Edited by Ruth Wodak - Michael Meyer. 2nd ed. London: Sage, 2009, ix, 204. ISBN 9781847874559. info
  • Methods of critical discourse analysis. Edited by Ruth Wodak - Michael Meyer. 2nd ed. London: Sage, 2009, ix, 204. ISBN 9781847874559. info
  • DIJK, Teun Adrianus van. Discourse and power. 1st pub. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, xi, 308. ISBN 9780230574083. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Language and power. 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 2001, xii, 226. ISBN 0582414830. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Media discourse. 1st pub. London: Hodder Arnold, 1995, viii, 214. ISBN 0340588896. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Discourse and social change. Cambridge, MA: Polity Press, 1992, 259 p. ISBN 9780745612188. info
  • Handbook of discourse analysis. Edited by Teun Adrianus van Dijk. London: Academic Press, 1985, xvii, 228. ISBN 0127120041. info
Teaching methods
Pilot lecture, consultations, guided self-study, final seminar.
Assessment methods
Seminar work on a chosen topic, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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