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	Study programmes 2010-2011 Last update : 11/04/2011
	LING0004-1   Rhetoric and semiology Duration :   30h Th Credits/ECTS :   Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences, 2nd year First semester 6 Bachelor in Information and Communication, 2nd year First semester 4 Bachelor in philosophy, 1st year First semester 4 Bachelor in philosophy, 3rd year First semester 4 One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Performing Arts First semester 4 One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Information and Communication First semester 4 Holder(s) :   Maria Giulia Dondero Language :   French language Course contents :   Theories of signification; semiotics of discourse Operational concepts: grammars and their components (semantics, syntax, semantics, pragmatics); the sign; the concept of opposition and the semiotic square; semantic models (dictionary, encyclopaedia) and the generative trajectory of the contents; code and system. Enunciation and utterance. Analysis of visual texts Rhetoric: languages in action; the figure. Course objective :   To provide an introduction to the subject of semiotics as the science of signs and signification, by paying particular attention to the relationship between verbal language and visual language. To give students tools to analyse and interpret verbal and visual languages. To open their minds to rhetoric, which examines the social dynamics of codes, for instance in advertising. Prerequisites :   None (introductory course). Organization :   Duration and period: 30 hours in the 1st quadrimester. Place and times: G. Kurth room, Fridays from 14:30 to 17:00, 30 hours in total. Written notes :   J.-M. Klinkenberg, Précis de sémiotique générale, Paris, Le Seuil, 2000 (except for chapter 7 and 9). D. Bertrand Précis de sémiotique littéraire, Paris, Nathan, 2000 (only chapters 3 and 4). J.-M. Floch, Identités visuelles, Paris, P.U.F., 1995 (only three chapters: "Deux jumeaux si différents, si semblables", "La voie des logos", "La liberté et le maintien"). Assessment :   Assessment consists of a written exam. The exam has 6 to 8 open questions plus a text analysis (literary, photographic). Emphasis is not on the ability to reproduce the subject word for word, but on understanding and applying one's knowledge. Students may consult their corrected papers in the course leader's office. Contacts :   Teacher Maria Giulia DONDERO, chercheure qualifiée du FRS-FNRS Département de Langues et littératures romanes Place Cockerill, 3-5, 4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 5946 Secrétariat Tél. 04 366 56 50 Home Search by Faculty Search by teacher Search by course code and title
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