Course: Genre analysis

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Course title Genre analysis
Course code KZU/AZM
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
this course the student learns how to analyze texts from the genre "perspective" of specific genres ? such as newspaper journalism, sitcoms or literature in particular. The student acquires a general understanding of texts (and their contexts) and competence in analyzing one or more genres.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
To understand how genres work within a specific context, you will do a genre analysis on a specific type of document produced within this context ( talk show, reality show, series, comics, advertisement). From the documents that you study you will establish a hypothesis about the expectations for these documents and explain how these expectations correspond with what you know about the context that informed the production of these documents.
To better understand your own ability to compose this type of document within this context, you will compare a document that you have produced to what you have learned from your analysis.
Prerequisites
The knowledge of semiotics and the concepts of text theory.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Attending class regularly, actively participating in classroom discussion and structured activities. Coll.: the discussion on your own analysis of text.
Recommended literature
  • Studijní literatura bude zadávána na první hodině konkrétního kursu a bude sestavena ke zvolenému tématu.
  • Berger, A. A. Media and communication research methods: an introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches.
  • Gibson, B., & Hartman, J. Rediscovering grounded theory.
  • Knapp, H. (2014). Introductory statistics using SPSS. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications.
  • Mareš, P., Rabušic, L., & Soukup, P. Analýza sociálněvědních dat (nejen) v SPSS.
  • Sedláková, R. (2014). Výzkum médií: nejužívanější metody a techniky. Praha: Grada.


Study plans that include the course
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