Learning outcomes

During the course students
- become familiar with key starting points of critical discourse analysis and of political discourse as a form of practical argumentation
- are provided with empirical examples that help them model analysis of argumentation of their own.
- are given the opportunity to discuss their own ongoing analyses

General description:

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse that views language as a form of social practice and focuses on the ways social and political domination are reproduced in text and talk. During this two-day workshop students will have the chance to discuss their own research with the foremost scholars in the field of critical discourse analysis. The workshop is directed to all interested doctoral students particularly within English language, communication and media studies, linguistics, politics and other social sciences.

Dates: Thu 31.10. - Fri 1.11.2013
Time: 10.15 - 17.30
Teachers: Isabela Fairclough (University of Central Lancashire) & Norman Fairclough (emer. prof. Lancaster University UK)
Place: Thu: Room Ls A32 (Main building), Fri: Room K113 (Linna building)

Programme

Thursday, October 31, 2013

10-12 Norman Fairclough: Critical discourse analysis and analysis of politics and policy-making (lecture)

12-13:30 LUNCH BREAK

13:30-15:30 WORKSHOP
Reconstructing argumentation in political discourse: David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ agenda 20. Presentation by Isabela Fairclough + students and all working together on one speech by David Cameron. Focus on: 1) political visions/imaginaries as reasons for action; 2) the analysis of strategies for action.

15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00-17:30 WORKSHOP (continued)
Reconstructing argumentation in political discourse: David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ agenda (continued) Working together on Big Society corpus. Focus on: 1) ideology and representation; 2) values and legitimation; 3) power as a reason for action.


Friday, November 1, 2013

10-12 Isabela Fairclough: Evaluating argumentation in texts: Dialectical profiles for practical arguments and the 'Austerity Now' debate in Britain (lecture)

12-13:30 LUNCH BREAK

13:30-15:30 WORKSHOP
Working together on students' own materials (students will have prepared a little presentation of the analysis of their own material which they will continue working on in this session, using feedback from the teachers)

15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00-17:30 WORKSHOP (continued)
Working together on students' own materials - (some) students produce little presentation on analysis of own argumentative text, using analytical framework demonstrated and getting feedback from us on how they could further improve it.

The lectures are open for all interested.

The number of the workshop participants is limited to 15. If more students register than can be accepted, students will be selected on enrolment order.

The workshop participants will send short (1 page) summaries of their research topics, objectives, data  and methods of analysis (+ any doubts or problems about how to analyse their data), and short samples (1 or 2 pages) of the sort of texts they are analysing. The participants will get more information after registration period.

Enrolment in NettiOpsu begins on 26 August 2013.

Isabela and Norman Fairclouch have published extensively within the field of critical discourse analysis. Their most recent book is titled: Political Discourse Analysis. A Method for Advanced Students. Routledge 2012.

Other relevant background literature for the course include the following:

Fairclough, Norman (1989). Language and Power. London, Longman. (Second Edition 2001)
Fairclough, Norman (1995). Media Discourse. London: Edward Arnold. (Miten media puhuu? Vastapaino 1997, suom. Blom Virpi, Hazard Kaarina).

Further information:
 on Isabella Fairclough http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/dr_isabela_fairclough.php
on Norman Fairclough http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/norman-fairclough