Course: Critical Discursive Analysis

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Course title Critical Discursive Analysis
Course code KSS/DIA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Gočál Daniel, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1.-2. Structuralism 3. Post-structuralism 4. Critical discursive analysis 5.-6. Discourse concepts 7. Formation and structure of discourse 8. Discourse, identity and social change 9.-10. Possibilities of using critical discursive analysis 11.-12. Objections and weaknesses of discourse analysis

Learning activities and teaching methods
Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 25 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 50 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 39 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 16 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 8 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe and explain basic sociological theories.
to describe the formation of sociological perspectives on the study of society.
to characterize the basic knowledge resulting from empirical research.
to enumerate and describe the basic developmental stages of the formation of Western societies.
Skills
to create a formally acceptable professional output.
to actively use foreign databases of professional journals.
to independently interpret knowledge from various subfields of sociology.
to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English.
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to distinguish changes in the definition of discourse.
to explain the theoretical model and methodological procedures associated with discursive analysis.
to characterize different types of conflicts arising from the application of discursive analysis.
to enumerate and characterize key studies using discursive analysis.
Skills
to classify different types of discursive analysis.
to independently demonstrate specific conflicting approaches in theories and empirical knowledge in the application of discursive analysis.
to independently critically evaluate discursive analysis as a methodological approach to the study of society.
to independently choose a suitable theoretical and methodological approach for the analysis of modern societies, taking into account discursive analysis.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Skills
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Competences
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Skills
Combined exam
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Project
Competences
Combined exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Recommended literature
  • Berger, Peter Ludwig; Luckmann, Thomas. Sociální konstrukce reality : pojednání o sociologii vědění. 1. vyd. Praha : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999. ISBN 80-85959-46-1.
  • Blommaert, J. a Bulcaen, Ch. Critical Discourse Analysis. Annual Review of Anthropology 2000.
  • Burr, P. Social Constructionism. Routledge, 2003.
  • Caldas-Coulthard, C.R. a Coulthard, M. Texts and Practices. Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis. London, New York: Routledge, 1996.
  • Fairclough, N. Analyzing Discourse. Textual Analysis for Social Research. Routledge, London, 2003.
  • Fairclough, N. Critical Discourse Analysis. The Critical Study of Language. Longman Group Limited, 1995.
  • Fairclough, N. Discourse and Social Change. Blackwell Publishers. Oxford, 1992.
  • Fairclough, Norman. Language and power. Harlow ; Longman, 2001. ISBN 0-582-41483-0.
  • Foucault, Michel. Archeologie vědění. Praha : Herrmann & synové, 2002.
  • Foucault, Michel. Dějiny šílenství v době osvícenství : hledání historických kořenů pojmu duševní choroby. Praha : Lidové noviny, 1994. ISBN 80-7106-085-2.
  • Foucault, Michel. Diskurs, Autor, Genealogie : tři studie. Praha : Svoboda, 1994. ISBN 80-205-0406-0.
  • Foucault, Michel. Dohlížet a trestat : kniha o zrodu vězení. Praha : Dauphin, 2000. ISBN 80-86019-96-9.
  • Foucault, Michel. Moc,subjekt a sexualita : výber z článkov a rozhovorov publikovaných v rokoch 1980-1988. Bratislava : Kalligram, 2000. ISBN 80-7149-389-9.
  • Foucault, Michel. Slova a věci. Brno : Computer Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-251-1713-2.
  • Hawkes, Terence. Structuralism and semiotics. London : Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0-415-32153-0.
  • Hodge, R. a Kress, Gunther. Social Semiotics. New York, 1991.
  • Chilton, Paul A.; Wodak, Ruth. A new agenda in (critical) discourse analysis : theory, methodology, and interdisciplinary. Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 2005. ISBN 1-58811-637-9.
  • Chouliaraki, L. a Fairclough, N. Discourse in Late Modernity. Rethinking Critical Discourse Analysis. Edinburg: Edinburg University Press, 1999.
  • Jaworski, Adam,; Coupland, Nikolas. The discourse reader. 2nd ed. London . Routledge, 2006. ISBN 978-0-415-34632-0.
  • Jorgensen, M. a Phillips, L. Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method. London: Sage Publications, 2002.
  • Lakoff, George; Johnson, Mark. Metafory, kterými žijeme. Brno : Host, 2002. ISBN 80-7294-071-6.
  • Leeuwen, van, T. Discourse and Practices. New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Locke, T. Critical Discourse Analysis. London, New York. Continuum, 2004.
  • Weis, G. a Wodak, R. (eds.). Critical Discourse Analysis. Theory and Interdisciplinarity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
  • Wodak, Ruth; Meyer, Michael. Methods of critical discourse analysis. London : Sage Publications, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7619-6154-3.


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