COURSE UNIT TITLE

: IDEOLOGY AND DISCOURSE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 5034 IDEOLOGY AND DISCOURSE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course is about understanding the fundamental principles of discourse and ideology and making discourse analysis. The course aims to give students the ability to analyze a certain text and think critically on certain current problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about discourse and ideology.
2   To have a basic knowledge of some discourse analysis based concepts
3   To be capable of doing discourse analysis
4   To be capable of using course s terminology
5   To have critical approach

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Ideology and the role of discourse
2 Ideological Discourse Structures
3 Mental and Context Models
4 Ideology and Power
5 Ideological Discourse Structures: (Meaning: Topics, Level of Description, Implications and Presuppositions, Contrast)
6 Propositional Structures (Actors, Modality)
7 Formal Structures, Sentence Syntax, Discourse Forms
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Rhetoric
10 Categories of Ideological Analysis (Actor, Authority, Categorization)
11 Comparison, Consensus, Disclaimers
12 Distancing, Empathy, Generalizations, Irony
13 Metaphor, Negative other representation, Number game, Openness, Polarization
14 General Evaluation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Teun van Dijk Ideology and Discourse: A Multidisciplinary Introduction
Teun van Dijk, Ideology

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be based on lectures and class discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To abide by ethical criteria in academic work.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

%70 class attendance is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

232-3018654

Office Hours

Monday 8:30-9:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 50 50
Preparation for Final Exam 1 50 50
Final Exam 1 3 3
Mid-term Exam 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 184

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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