Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Policy and Speech analysis | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Frédéric Claisse | ||
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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 second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| The course considers how methods and concepts of discourse analysis can be used as resources in political science.
Interdisciplinary par excellence, the notion of discourse has long been an object of attention for various types of research at the crossroads of human and social sciences (linguistics, cognitive sciences, sociology, psychology, political science). By making aware of the discursive dimension of political facts, the course aims to provide the sudents with a 'toolbox' for describing complex issues, using linguistic resources mobilised by actors. Students will be confronted to a plurality of methods of analysis and interpretation (structural analysis, Critical discourse analysis, narrative approaches, etc.), applied to political discourse. Particular attention will be given to the issue of conceptual metaphors (Lakoff and Johnson). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The objective of the course is twofold:
- reinforce the students' ability to analyse power issues, through the systematic and rigorous interpretation of speech forms considered as revelatory of social and political structures and representations. - encourage the students to adopt a reflexive attitude towards their own use of discourse as well as their methods of investigating and producing data. |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Students are expected to have a passive command of English, which will be the preferred language of most of the texts composing the reading portfolio. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course combines three types of learning activities:
- Introductory theoretical lectures; - Key readings (papers, book sections) in the field of discourse analysis (applied to political phenomena), prepared by the students, then presented and discussed in the classroom; - Practical work: application to a case study chosen by the student (upon the teacher's approval). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| After a series of introductory lectures, the course will consist of interactive seminars based on a reading portfolio.
The course implies the students' regular attendance and active participation. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The course will be based on a reading portfolio (papers, book sections) in English and in French.
Recommended reading: J. Charteris-Black (2014), Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor, Palgrave Macmillan. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation is based on:
- the students' oral presentations - the students' active participation and discussion in class - the practical work (case study) done by each student As a result, there is no formal examination. Regular attendance to the seminar is mandatory. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Frédéric Claisse
fclaisse@ulg.ac.be |
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