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| IDE5820 | Critical Discourse Analysis | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fehmi TURGUT | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Zeki ÇIRAKLI | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to critically examine the foundation and basic elements of discourse-analytical research
to discuss the relationship between communicative interactions and Critical Discourse Analysis
to conceptualize the relationship between language form and function in literary and non-literary texts
To help students familiarize with the research that has been done both on written and spoken language over the years and the analytic approaches that have been used to analyze these discourses
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| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | elaborate on theoretical knowledge of Critical Discourse Analysis | 1 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 12 - 13 - 14 | | | PO - 2 : | learn practical techniques to demonstrate critical approach to the text read | | | | PO - 3 : | understand hidden messages in texts | | | | PO - 4 : | Systematically apply critical discourse analytical methods to the analysis of relevant spoken, written and multimodal texts | | | | PO - 5 : | Explain the discursive choices made in texts and critically examine the meanings they produce with regard to social and ideological values | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course deals with critical re-assessments of the language and methods of production used in various literary, dramatic and media texts. It includes practical analyses of major issues in discourse analysis with a focus on different models of analysis outlined and evaluated in terms of their usefulness to language and literary studies. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction: What Is Critical Discourse Analysis? | | | Week 2 | Principles, Theories and Approaches to Critical Discourse Analysis | | | Week 3 | Systemıc Functıonal Grammar and Critical Discourse Analysis | | | Week 4 | How To Do Critical Discourse Analysis | | | Week 5 | A Guıde to the Dimensıons of CDA: Text, context and knowledge | | | Week 6 | Politics, Ideology and Discourse | | | Week 7 | Strategies in Critical Discourse Analysis | | | Week 8 | 7- Critical Discourse Analysis as Ideology Analysis | | | Week 9 | No Calss Meeting Mid Term Exam Week | | | Week 10 | Introduction to Critical Stylistics The Evocative and Persuasive Power of Loaded Words in the Political Discourse | | | Week 11 | Research Practices in Critical Discourse Analysis: Constraints and Challenges | | | Week 12 | Student's Seminars | | | Week 13 | Student's Seminars | | | Week 14 | Student's Seminars | | | Week 15 | Student's Seminars | | | Week 16 | | | | |
| 1 | Introduction to Text Linguistics. Robert-Alain de Beaugrande and Wolfgang Dressler | | | 2 | Critical Discourse Analysis. TEUN A. VAN DIJK | | | 3 | Critical Discourse Analysis: History, Agenda, Theory, and Methodology
Ruth Wodak and Michael Meyer | | | |
| 1 | Ideology: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Teun A. van Dijk | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Project | For the 2. Mid Exam 12, 13, 14 | | | 25 | | Presentation | For Mid Term 1. Weeks 8, 10, 11 | | | 25 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | For the Final Exam Week 15 | | | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Total work load | | | 45 |
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