Course structure

Week 1 (20 February) – Introduction to the course

Aim and structure of the course; a rough definition of discourse (studies)

Week 2 (27 February) – Entering the field of discourse studies

Social constructionism, (Post-)Structuralism, Text, Context

Week 3 (05 March) – Micro-/Macro- approaches to the concept of discourse

‘big D’ Discourse and ‘little d’ discourse

Week 4 (12 March) – Studying discourses: Approaches to discourse analysis (1)

Conversation Analysis, Multimodal (Critical) Discourse Analysis

Week 5 (19 March) – Studying discourses: Approaches to discourse analysis (2)

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

Deadline 1 - Submission of the research essay proposals.

Week 6 (26 March) – Studying discourses: Approaches to discourse analysis (3)

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

Week 7 (02 April) – Discourse theory and media studies

Discourse-Theoretical Analysis (DTA)

Deadline 2 - Submission of the peer feedback for fellow students.

Week 8 (04 April) – Discourses of / about / as …

Nationalism, gender, identity, conflict

Week 9 (09 April) – Feedback session

Week 10 (16 April) – Case study discussion (lecturer)

The discursive construction of childhood

Week 11 (23 April) – Case study discussion (Guest)

The discursive construction of the home by Ali Dokumaci

Week 12 (30 April) – Course Break

Week 13 (07 May) – Wrap up & Case study discussion (lecturer)

Discussion on nationalist discourse(s)

The deadline for the submission of the final research essay is 27 May 2024, 23:59 (CET).