Class Text and Discourse Analysis Methods

The course systematises and deepens the concepts of discourse and text, and addresses the problems raised by writing, discourse and texts in their communicative function.  Through the integration of concepts and tools, students acquire the ability to reflect on the mediated discursive reality, in an approach that is both theoretical and practical, learning methodologies that allow for the development of a study aimed at deepening the study of discourse and text.  

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Module 1 Introduction to the concepts of discourse and text. Critical diachrony of discourse/text: The ‘duty of the word’ in primitive societies; Human discourse as a construction; Rhetoric; Crisis of oral societies and the spread of written culture. The hermeneutic relationship with the text: Meaning, representation and interpretation; Structures; Narrative, narrativity, intertextuality. The subject and the question of the author: The subject of writing and interpretation; Textual marks; The disappearance of the author. The use of writing and changes in understanding the world. New forms of text: The materialities of communication; Performative nature of writing; Hypertextuality; New ways of reading. Module 2 Discourse Analysis Methodologies. Introduction to discourse analysis methodologies - Theoretical approaches. Fundamental concepts of discourse analysis. Critical Discourse Analysis. Content Analysis: Methodological approaches and theoretical contributions. Practical tools and case studies

Theoretical-practical classes. Always starting from questions, formulating debate and then conceptualising, theorising. Supported by audiovisual materials and site-specific exercises.

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