OVERVIEW

Analyse du discours numérique dans le WEB 2.0 : questions d’autorité

This course is a part of the general programme of LM37/38, most notably as far as the acquisition of textual analysis skills applied to media discourses are concerned.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

A la fin du cours, les étudiants auront acquis des connaissances et des compétences approfondies dans le domaine de l'analyse du discours d'empreinte française, une bonne maitrise des outils d'analyse méta-linguistique et thématique des différentes manifestations discursives de la langue des médias. 

At the end of the course, the students will have acquired deep knowledge and expertise in the field of French discourse analysis, both in terms of meta-linguistic analysis tools and thematic aspects, including different media languages. 

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- know and remember the main notions concerning French discourse analysis;

- know and remember the main notion concerning discourse analysis (moment discursif, polémique, autorité, corpus numérique)

- identify media discourse textual trends, most notably as far as media discourse is concerned (WEB 2.0);

- analyse textual patterns in media discourses using the theoretical framework of French "analyse du discours";

- identify rethorical and argumentative strategies in texts, most notably as far as the persuasive functions of texts are concerned.

Students will also have acquired basic skills in corpus analysis.

Practical exercises: at the end of the courses, students will be able to understand and analyse media texts and discourses in French (C1 level of the Common Framework) , most notably as far as linguistic carachteristics of journalistic and audiovisual discourses are concerned.

PREREQUISITES

C1 level of the Common European Framework

TEACHING METHODS

Plenary lessons, seminars and team working activities. Consolidation activities by Aulaweb.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course presents an overview of discourse analysis tools in the framework of media communication. In particular, the course will address meidatic communication in French, with reference to the persuasive and argumentative function of texts. The limit between information and vulgarisation will be further explored through the analysis of textual corpora.

This course is part of the research project “MemWar. Memories of Wars and Traumas of the Twentieth century” of the LCM Department (https://memwarunige.hypotheses.org/). Students are warmly invited to participate in the theatrical laboratory on the memory of wars (for info and registration https://corsi.unige.it/8740/news/5566-laboratorio-teatrale-narramondo-per-progetto-memwar). Participation in the theater workshop entitles you to 3 CFUs.

Teaching’s keywords: Memory: Cultural memory; Individual memory; Collective memory; Shared memory, Postmemory; Places of memory; Cultural texts 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alloing, C., « Vers une approche instrumentale de l’identité numérique : les attributs identitaires comme structuration de l’environnement informationnel ? », in PINTE, J-P. (Dir.), Enseignement, préservation et diffusion des identités numériques, Hermes Lavoisier, Avril 2014, pp. 39-68.

Boyer, Henri, Gaboriaux, Chloé (dir.), Les « petites phrases », numéro thématique de la revue Mots. Les langages du politique, 2018/2 (n° 117)

Longhi, Julien, « Essai de caractérisation du tweet politique », L’information grammaticale, Peeters Publishers, 2013, 136, pp.25-32.

Maingueneau, Dominique - articles disponibles à l’adresse http://dominique.maingueneau.pagesperso-orange.fr

Moirand, Sophie, Les discours de la presse quotidienne. Observer, analyser, comprendre, 2007, Paris, PUF (Linguistique nouvelle), 180 p.

Paveau, Marie-Anne, L'analyse du discours numérique. Dictionnaire des formes et des pratiques, Paris, Hermann, coll. « Cultures numériques », 2017, 396 p.

Perelman, Chaïm / Olbrechts-Tyteca, Lucie, Trattato dell’argomentazione. La nuova retorica, Torino, Einaudi, 2001 [1966].

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

STEFANO VICARI (President)

ANNA GIAUFRET

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October, 1st 2020 (First semester)

MT (Prof. Vicari)

Esercitazioni:
LM1 (Prof.ssa Gaboriaud)

LM1 (Prof.ssa Bianchini) 

Class schedule

FRENCH LANGUAGE I

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will consist of a dossier of texts analysed by the student, and an oral examination focused on the discourse analysis skills acquired during the course. Rating out of thirty.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam will test the methodological skills acquired in the analysis of media discourse, through the examination of authentic texts. Oral expression skills in French will be tested as well.