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

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

- Identify media language devices, with particular reference to journalistic language
- Analyse the linguistic dynamics of journalistic texts through the French discourse analysis (AD) tools.

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;

- identify media discourse textual trends, most notably as far as journalistic discourse is concerned;

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

- identify rethorical and argumentative strategies in texts

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 in French.

TEACHING METHODS

Plenary lessons (on Teams), 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 journalistic communication in French. 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

TESTI/BIBLIOGRAFIA

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October, 28 September 2020 (first semester)

MT (Prof. Vicari)

Esercitazioni:
LM2 (Prof.ssa Gaboriaud) 

LM2 (Prof.ssa Bianchini) 

Class schedule

FRENCH LANGUAGE II

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. 

Exam schedule