Discourses in Europe

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Online theoretical lectures, with pratical online and offline joint sessions and individual tutorials, including the autonomous development of tasks and one final videocast or podcast project on a given topic of interest.

Learning Outcomes

Students will
a. acquire and understand knowledge that provides opportunities to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, when researching discourses on and in Europe
b. apply and develop problem-solving skills in unfamiliar environments within multidisciplinary contexts related to linguistics, culture and society
c. integrate and deal with complex critical judgements based on limited information, especially those associated with social and ethical responsibilities
d. communicate findings and underlying knowledges and rationales in clear ways; develop autonomous learning skills
e. locate and manage specialised bibliographic online and offline sources on Europe and its discourses
f. develop advanced knowledge of discourse analytical approaches and critical interpretation of texts, events and practices in Europe
g. apply scientific methodologies to the linguistic and cultural study of European societies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Approaches to Europe
2. Discourses in Europe from a linguistic point of view
3. The discourses in Europe from a cultural point of view
4. The discourses in Europe from a social and political point of view

Head Lecturer(s)

Professor a Definir - Faculdade de Letras

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in class: 20.0%
Project: 80.0%

Bibliography

Aydin-Düzgit, S. (2014). Critical discourse analysis in analysing European Union foreign policy: Prospects and challenges. Cooperation andConflict, 49(3), 354–367.
Grillo, R. (2009). Dominant Languages: Language and Hierarchy in Britain and France. Cambridge University Press.
Hagège, C. (2000). Le souffle de la langue. Voies et destins des parlers d’Europe. Odile Jacob.
Lüsebrink, H-J. (2006). Das Europa der Aufklärung und die außereuropäische koloniale Welt. Wallstein-Verlag.
Pratt, M. L. (1988). Linguistic Utopias. In N. Fabb, D. Attridge, A. Durant & C. MacCabe. (Eds.). The Linguistics of Writing. Manchester University Press
Vatter, C., & Oster, P. (Eds.). (2020). Fluchtraum Europa. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Nomos Wodak, R. (Ed.). (2016). Methods of Critical Discourse studies (3rd ed.). Sage.
Wodak, R., Cilia, R, Reisigl, M, & Liebhard, K. (Eds.). (2009). The Discursive Construction of National Identity (2nd ed). Edinburgh University Press.