COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to critically examine and analyze language and language use; in this context, the main concepts of the subject, ideology, power, dominance, as well as key terms that are important in terms of this theory and methodology, are emphasized and sample analyses are carried out on different texts, thus enabling students to gain awareness of the thoughts, expressions and social effects that are explicitly and/or implicitly coded in texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the student is expected to be able to explain the difference between Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis
2   the student is expected to be able to define the basic terms of the theory and method of Critical Discourse Analysis
3   the student is expected to be able to illustrate the basic terms used in Critical Discourse
4   the student is expected to be able to analyze overt ideas and expressions in different genres within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis
5   the student is expected to be able to analyze implicit ideas and expressions in different genres within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis
6   the student is expected to be able to critically interpret and discuss the findings obtained from the texts analyzed within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis Approach

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis: their scopes and objectives
2 Critical Discourse Analysis: Basic concepts
3 Critical Discourse Analysis: key terms
4 Discourse and social context: Social identity, social roles, institutions and ideology
5 Discourse and social context:sign, context and meaning
6 Discourse and social context: reference, identity and role; ideological square
7 Mid-term exam
8 Language use: socially shared knowledge, mutual knowledge
9 Point of view, position, and attitude
10 Explicit and/or implicit writer's/speaker's stance; Intertextuality
11 Critical look at rhetorical devices and the use of figurative language
12 Construction of social identity:national and ethnic identity
13 Construction of social identity: gender identity
14 Politeness, power, and solidarity
15 The discourse of prejudice and political correctness
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bloor, M & Bloor, T. (2007). The practice of Critical Discourse Analysis. OUP.
Coulthard, C. R. C.and Coulthard, M. (haz.) (2003). Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis. Routledge.
Ekici, C., & Ercan, G. S. (2019). Gazete Köşe Yazıları Söyleminde Süreç Seçimi: Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Politik Ideoloji Etkisi. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 30(1), 123-144.
Ercan, G. S., & Danış, P. (2019). Söylem, Söylem Çözümlemesi ve Eleştirel Söylem Çözümlemesi: Tanımları ve Kapsamları. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(2), 527-552.
Fairclough, N. (2007). Discourse and contemporary social change (Vol. 54). Peter Lang.
Fairclough, N. (2013). Critical Discourse Analysis: The critical study of language. Routledge.
Fairclough, Norman (2003). Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research. Routledge.
Özüdoğru, M. (2016). Eleştirel Söylemden Eleştirel Okumaya. Anı.
Van Dijk, T. A. (2015). Critical discourse analysis. (Içinde) Tannen, D., Hamilton, H.E., & Schiffrin, D. (eds.) The handbook of discourse analysis, 466-485. Wiley
Wodak, R., & Meyer, M. (2016). Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis 3rd Edition. Sage.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
3. Question and answer
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated with the questions asked in the mid-term exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Cheating and cheating attempts in the midterm and final exams will be evaluated as 0 (zero).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEÜ Ed. Fak. Dilbilim Böl. C Blok Ofis No. 153
Tel: 301 86 32
songul.ercan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday: 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparation for Final Exam 1 19 19
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 19 19
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.4555
LO.55555
LO.655

CONTACT INFORMATION
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