OVERVIEW

The course fits within the general educational objectives of the LM37/38, particularly regarding the acquisition of textual analysis skills applied to media and institutional communication in French. 

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

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: 

- explain the concepts of ethos, discursive moment, argumentation; 

- understand the functioning of an institution as an enunciative instance ;

- identify the argumentative strategies peculiar to media and institutional language; 

- analyse the dynamics of identity construction within institutional and media texts through the tools of French-style discourse analysis (AD). 

The students will also have enhanced their skills in the areas of critical thinking and team working.

PREREQUISITES

C1 level in French.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures in the classroom, group work (analysis of cases, preparation of presentations and exposés) and debate in the classroom, consolidation activities via Aulaweb. Students who have duly registered a certification of disability, DSA or other special educational needs are advised to contact both the contact person Prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it) and the lecturer [or teacher] at the beginning of the course, in order to agree on teaching and examination methods that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.  

For non-attending students, in-depth preparation of the text Sophie Moirand, Les Discours de la Presse quotidienne. Observer, analyser, comprendre, Paris, PUF, "Linguistique nouvelle," 2007 and Marie Veniard, La nomination des événements dans la presse : Essai de sémantique discursive, Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2013. 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

This course presents an overview of the tools of discourse analysis in the field of media and institutional communication. National and international communication in the French language will be addressed, with reference to argumentative strategies used for identity construction and legitimation processes. Discourse analysis will be explored through the tools of corpus linguistics. 

Main topics: 

- fundamentals of French-style discourse analysis;

- argumentative and rhetorical strategies in media and institutional discourse;  

- the notions of ethos, discursive moment; 

-the legitimation process carried by institutions as enunciative instances; 

- linguistic analysis of national and multilingual discourses in this field.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Patrick Charaudeau, La manipulation de la vérité, Paris, Lambert-Lucas, 2020.  

Sophie Moirand, Les Discours de la Presse quotidienne. Observer, analyser, comprendre, Paris, PUF, "Linguistique nouvelle," 2007.  

Marie Veniard, La nomination des événements dans la presse : Essai de sémantique discursive, Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2013.   

Additional bibliography will be provided during the course through the teaching Aulaweb instance.  

Lettorato information is available at https://lingue.unige.it/node/1007  

Patrick Charaudeau. 2020. La manipulation de la vérité. Paris : Lambert-Lucas.

Marc Bonhomme, Anne-Marie Paillet & Philippe Wahl (éds). 2017. Métaphore et argumentation. Paris : L’Harmattan
Paola Paissa, Michelangelo Conoscenti, Ruggero Druetta & Martin Solly (eds). 2020. Metaphor and Conflict. Métaphore et conflit. Berne : P. Lang

Further references will be provided during the course.

Une bibliographie supplémentaire sera fournie pendant le cours.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

I semester 2024-25.  

The lettorato is annual - see the teaching's Aulaweb for information.  

Class schedule

FRENCH LANGUAGE II

FRENCH LANGUAGE II

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The detailed programme for lettorati is available online: https://lingue.unige.it/node/1007

For the theory module, the examination will consist of an oral interview following the preparation of a text analysis dossier. The skills acquired in the field of media and institutional discourse analysis through the analysis of authentic texts and oral expression skills in French will then be taken into account. Evaluation out of thirty.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The theoretical module exam aims to verify the acquisition of theoretical knowledge concerning French speech analysis and the ability to apply this knowledge by the concrete analysis of a corpus.

The lettorato exams are designed to test the acquisition of complex texts comprehension and production skills in French at C1-C2 level.

L'examen du module théorique vise à vérifier l'acquisition des connaissances théoriques concernant dans l'analyse du discours d'empreinte française et la capacité d'appliquer ces connaissances à l'analyse concrète d'un corpus textuel.

Les examens relatifs au lettorato sont conçus pour vérifier l'acquisition de compétences en matière de compréhension et de production de textes complexes en français au niveau C1-C2.