Critical discourse analysis
07.03.23
An idea that occurs from a french philosopher Michelle Faucou
TEXT < more used in arts and humanities subjects
It has been seen more as a single artefact
Traditionally reffered primarirly to written communication
Interaction of several semiotic resources
DISCOURSE < origin in the social sciences < representation and interaction
Patter < something that is standardised, schematic
Society build up a way of construct discourse < boys dont cry
Several discourse that are interconnected
Conversational analysis is a branch of linguistics
Multimedia < an existence of different media
Multimodal < no text is monomodal , several semiotic resouces
Texts < as part of social texture of any community
Discourse- oriented view of the text< they reflect but also construct society
What is a social texture? It depends on the kind of society
Developed by< Kress, Fairclough and Fowler ( the founders)
Aegemonic ideas/discourse
08.03.23
Analysis < investigate language < is modelled on Foucaault’usage of it in cultural
studies < Tourist village (for instance) when a certain kind of discourse takes place :
about tourism ecc
Power < Gramsci idea of aegemonic order < prevealing discourse in society
Discourse refert to language but also to sets of social and cultural practices
Linguistic are trying to get this idea of discourse into language, the discourse probably
derives from how we use language ( Hallyday theory < functuional grammar)
Discourse < objects constitutes how we lived in a determined historical period (think
about our classroom < was built not thinking about students having laptop)
Texts work within the discourses < the order of discourse
Ideology < theory in the last years this ides took a negative connotation vs. populism <
let’s make it simple bc people can’t understand (democracy)
