Course: Doctoral Seminar 1 - Discourse Analysis

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Course title Doctoral Seminar 1 - Discourse Analysis
Course code KGN/92BS1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction German
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Krappmann Joerg, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Discourse analysis originated in the 1970s as a progression of post-structuralism and deconstruction. It was promoted mainly in France by Foucault and Althusser. In Foucault's formulation, discourses are historically specific statement formations which are bound to texts and are governed by fixed linguistic and conversational rules. However, these discourses mostly relate to non-discursive phenomena (actions and activities in the real world, "normal life"). Discourse analysis is mainly interested in the process of production of knowledge (schools, universities, libraries). Who controls this production and how are the positions of knowledge reinforced and defended? Connected with this is the question about the authoritative speakers in the discourse and their speaker positions. This seminar mainly focuses on further development of discourse analysis taking place within German literary and cultural sciences. The seminar deals with discourse analysis in media theory (Kittler), in the humanities (Fohrmann) and the variety of discourse analyses related to myths and space (Link).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
This seminar mainly focuses on further development of discourse analysis taking place within German literary and cultural sciences. The seminar deals with discourse analysis in media theory (Kittler), in the humanities (Fohrmann) and the variety of discourse analyses related to myths and space (Link).

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Dialog

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