COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISCOURSE AND IDEOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 4028 DISCOURSE AND IDEOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course is about understanding the fundamental principles of discourse and ideology and making discourse analysis. The course aims to give students the ability to analyze a certain text and think critically on certain current problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about discourse and ideology.
2   To have a basic knowledge of some discourse analysis based concepts.
3   To be capable of doing discourse analysis.
4   To be capable of using course s terminology.
5   To have critical approach.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Ideology and the role of discourse Introduction
2 Ideological Discourse Structures Class Discussion
3 Mental and Context Models Class Discussion
4 Ideology and Power Class Discussion
5 Ideological Discourse Structures: (Meaning: Topics, Level of Description, Implications and Presuppositions, Contrast) Class Discussion
6 Propositional Structures (Actors, Modality) Class Discussion
7 Formal Structures, Sentence Syntax, Discourse Forms Class Discussion
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Rhetoric Class Discussion
10 Categories of Ideological Analysis (Actor, Authority, Categorization) Class Discussion
11 Comparison, Consensus, Disclaimers Class Discussion
12 Distancing, Empathy, Generalizations, Irony Class Discussion
13 Metaphor, Negative other representation, Number game, Openness, Polarization Class Discussion
14 General Evaluation Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Teun van Dijk Ideology and Discourse: A Multidisciplinary Introduction
Teun van Dijk, Ideology

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be based on lectures and class discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To abide by ethical criteria in academic work.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

%70 class attendance is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fusun.doskaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555