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| SPOL2334-1 | Practicing the political argumentation
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Sébastien Brunet |
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| Substitute(s) : | Aurore François |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The objective of this course is the acquisition of elementary concepts and principles of political reasoning. Building on numerous examples, it will introduce students to the field of debate and that which distinguishes it from other persuasive registers. The large groups and kinds of arguments will be described and their implementation considered in light of case studies. As much as possible, public players and/or experts and practitioners in the field will be invited to share their experience of debate and how it is adapted to different contexts. The students will moreover be introduced to building an argument and to its written and oral development. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to:
- define and describe the terms and concepts deployed in the different parts of the course;
- describe different practices in political reasoning and what distinguishes them, especially according to their context;
- recognise arguments and counter-arguments in a discourse and describe them;
- reproduce the dynamics of a debate and different arguments deployed by its players;
- formulate a written argument;
- formulate an oral argument.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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- Theoretical presentations;
- resolution of practical cases, analyses of audio/video texts or documents in small groups;
- if the opportunity presents itself, presentations by practitioners regularly working in the process of argument and negotiation;
- oral presentations by the students.
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Some recommended readings:
Amossy, Ruth, L'argumentation dans le discours. Armand Colin, 2012.
Breton, Philippe, Convaincre sans manipuler: Apprendre à argumenter. Paris: Editions La Découverte, 2008.
Breton, Philippe, L'argumentation dans la communication. Édition : 4e édition. Paris: Editions La Découverte, 2005.
Perelman, Chaïm, et Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca. Traité de l'argumentation : La nouvelle rhétorique. Édition : 6e édition. Bruxelles; Paris; [Le Plessis-Pâté]: Université de Bruxelles, 2008.
Reboul, Olivier, Introduction à la rhétorique : Théorie et pratique. Édition : 2e édition. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France - PUF, 2013. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| First session: written examination (70%), Participation in the exercises (oral arguments) during the year (30%)
Second session: Written examination (70%), presenting an oral argument (30%). |
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