Graduate School Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty Training Programme
FASS517 Discourse Analysis
Module description
Sessions will be structured around the presentation and discussion of an area of Discourse Analysis. Each week, there will be a key reading, which course participants will be expected to read and think about in advance. Each session will include a workshop element, in which the approach in focus will be demonstrated and then course participants in small groups will apply it to some of their own data.
By the end of the course, participants will be familiar with a range of approaches to critical discourse analysis and the relevance of these to their own work, and will have gained confidence in using this approach in the analysis of texts.
Aims and objectives
- Introducing multiple approaches in discourse analysis, particularly critical discourse analysis, an approach which aims to systematically relate linguistic and semiotic properties of texts to the broader social and cultural contexts of which they are a part, and thereby to contribute to understanding and critique of social problems and inequalities.
- Identifying key respects in which critical discourse analysis differs from other approaches to discourse analysis, and reviewing some criticisms of the approach.
- Considering the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches, particularly in relation to participants' own research questions and disciplines.
- Giving participants an opportunity to do small-scale discourse analyses, using samples of their own data or data relevant to their own research.
Reading list
Fairclough, N. (2003), Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research, London and New York, Routledge.
Gee, J.P. (2011), An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method, 3rd Edn. Oxford and New York, Routledge.
Johnstone, B. (2007), Discourse Analysis, Oxford, Blackwell.
Schiffrin, D., Tannen, D., & Hamilton, H. (eds.) (2001), The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, Oxford, Blackwell.
Van Leeuwen, T. (2008), Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis, New York, Oxford University Press.
Wodak, R. & Meyer, M. (2009), Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis, 2nd Ed. Sage, London.
Timing and Location
Term: |
Lent |
Date(s): |
16/01/12 - 19/03/12 |
Number of sessions: |
10 X 2 hour sessions |
Timing and Location: |
Mondays, 10.00-12.00, Bowland North Seminar Room 20 |
Additional information
Minimum quota: 6
Maximum quota: 25
Charge to non-FASS deaprtments: £425
Coursework and Assessment
Coursework requirements
The assessment should be a well argued essay of about 5,000 words, chosen from the following:
- a critical review of one approach to discourse analysis discussed in the course, including an example analysis from this perspective of a text relevant to your own research;
- a critical comparison of two approaches to discourse analysis discussed in the course, including reflection on the value (or not) of these approaches to your own research;
- a detailed analysis of a text or texts from your own research, drawing on concepts and linguistic features covered in the course, with reference to the theoretical approach underpinning this analysis.
Coursework due dates
12.00 noon on Friday Week 1 Summer Terrm (26 April 2013)
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