OVERVIEW

Course title: Pratiques de nomination dans le discours médiatique   

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

The course has a value of 9 CFU for LM 37/38, including the lettorati and theory module.  

Lettorato modules: LM 37-38 I year- Recherche documentaire (Prof. Nagot), Analyse de la presse (Prof. Bianchini), LM 37-38 II year- Analyse de la presse francophone (Prof. Bianchini), Introduction à l'audiovisuel (Prof. Nagot).  

All information about the lettorato is available at https://lingue.unige.it/node/1007  

The teaching has a value of 6 CFU for LM94, including the modulo teorico only.  

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 event, discursive moment, lexical-discursive profile;  

- understand the functioning of a journalistic hypertext;  

- identify the mechanisms of event naming peculiar to media language, with reference to the language of the press;  

- analyse the dynamics of event naming in journalistic 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 communication. Journalistic communication in the French language will be addressed, with reference to event naming strategies and lexical-discursive profiles in media texts. 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 discourse;   

- the notions of event, discursive moment;  

-the lexical-discursive approach and naming processes;  

- linguistic analysis of media discourse and the notion of hyperstructure-elements of hyperstructure analysis.  

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

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 discourse analysis through the analysis of authentic texts and oral expression skills in French will then be taken into account. Evaluation out of thirty.

Le programme détaillé pour les lettorati est disponible à l’adresse https://lingue.unige.it/node/1007

Pour le module théorique, l'examen consistera en un entretien oral après la préparation d'un dossier d'analyse de textes. Les compétences acquises dans le domaine de l'analyse du discours médiatique à travers l'analyse de textes authentiques et les compétences d'expression orale en français seront prises en compte. Evaluation sur 30.

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.