COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 5066 CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to study and analyse various discourse types with a critical approach and analyse written and oral texts with an emphasis on discourse (language use), society, culture and ideology which are the basic concepts of the theory and thus have the students gain a critical perspective on the explicit and implicit ideology and its effect on the society analysing different texts.



Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the theory of Critical discourse analysis and its research areas.
2   Define the basic terms and concepts used in Critical discourse analysis.
3   Explain the basic terms and concepts used in Critical discourse analysis with examples.
4   Analyse written and oral texts within the framework of Critical discourse analysis
5   Discuss and comment on the findings of the analysis within the framework of Critical discourse analysis
6   Write a research article within the framework of Critical discourse analysis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discourse Analysis: its scope and fields of study
2 Critical Discourse Analysis: Definition and scope.
3 Critical Discourse Analysis: basic terms and concepts
4 Critical Discourse Analysis: key words
5 Critical Discourse Analysis: methods and fields of study
6 Systemic Functional Linguistics (1)
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Systemic Functional Linguistics (2)
9 Socio-cognitive Approach (1)
10 Socio-cognitive Approach (2)
11 Dialectical-Relational Approach (1)
12 Dialectical-Relational Approach (2)
13 Discourse-historical Approach (1)
14 Discourse-historical Approach (2)
15 Sample analyses
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

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 (2018). Dizgeci Işlevsel Dilbilgisi. (Içinde) Can, Ö. (ed.) Dilbilim Kuramları: Iki Düzlem Beş Kuram, Ithaki Yayınları.
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. (2013). Critical Discourse Analysis: The critical study of language. Routledge.
Fairclough, N. (2017). CDA as dialectical reasoning. (içinde) The Routledge handbook of critical discourse studies, pp. 13-25. Routledge.
Halliday, M. A. K., & Matthiessen, C. M. (2013). Halliday's introduction to functional grammar. Routledge.
Hart, C., ve Cap, P. (Eds.). (2014). Contemporary critical discourse studies. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Richardson, J. E. (2007). Analysing Newspapers. NY: Palgrave Mac Millian.
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
Van Dijk, T. A. (2017). Socio-cognitive discourse studies. In The Routledge handbook of critical discourse studies, pp. 26-43. Routledge.
Waugh, L. R., Catalano, T., Al Masaeed, K., Do, T. H., & Renigar, P. G. (2016). Critical discourse analysis: Definition, approaches, relation to pragmatics, critique, and trends. (içinde) Capone, A. ve J.L. Mey (haz.) In Interdisciplinary studies in pragmatics, culture and society (ss. 71-135). Springer
Wodak, R. (2001). What is CDA about- a summary of its history, important concepts and its developments. (içinde) Wodak, R., ve Meyer, M. (haz..) Methods for critical discourse analysis. Sage.
Wodak, R., & Meyer, M. (2016). Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis 3rd Edition. Sage.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Discussion
4. Assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams,the assignments/projects, presentations and active participation in classes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

'1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects and not participating in class discussions.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a '0' (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof.Dr. G. Songül Ercan
DEÜ Edebiyat Fak. C Blok Ofis No: 153

Office Hours

Wed. 10-12

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Student Presentations 10 2 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 10 20
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 10 3 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.122
LO.222
LO.333
LO.433
LO.533
LO.644