Course Title: Discourse Studies

Course Code: ENG-506
Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Course Contents

Section 1: Beginning with Discourse Analysis

📌 Introduction to Discourse

• What is Discourse?
• Features of Discourse
• Text and Discourse
• Types of Discourse: Written, Spoken, Media, Political, etc.

📌 Discourse Analysis

• What is Discourse Analysis?
• A Short History of Discourse Analysis
• Major Contributors

📌 Grammatical Analysis of Discourse

• Cohesion & Coherence
• Cohesive Devices
• Theme & Rheme
• Thematic Progression

📌 Pragmatic Analysis of Discourse

• Language in Context
• Speech Act Theory
• Co-operative Principles
• Conversational Implicature
• Politeness Theory

📌 Analysis of Conversation as Discourse

• Conversation as Discourse
• Structure of Conversation
• Analyzing a Conversation

Section 2: Proceeding with Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

📌 Discourse and Ideology: Beginning Critical Discourse Analysis

• What is Ideology?
• Ideology in Discourse
• What is Critical Discourse Analysis?
• A Brief History of CDA

📌 Key Theorists in CDA

• Michel Foucault & CDA
• Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL): A Brief Overview
• Norman Fairclough and CDA
• Language and Society
• Relational-Dialectical Approach – Basics
• Teun van Dijk and CDA
• Language and Power
• Socio-Cognitive Model – Basics

📌 Doing Analysis

• How to Conduct Research
• Choosing a Discourse
• Choosing a Perspective
• Choosing a Suitable Method
• A Tool for Analysis: Selecting DA, CA, or CDA

506 Discourse Studies

• Argumentative Discourse
• Characteristics of Discourse
• Coherence and Cohesion
• Context in Discourse Analysis
• Descriptive Discourse
• Dialogic Discourse
• Discourse and Different Fields
• Expository Discourse
• Instructive Discourse
• Intertextuality in Discourse Analysis
• Introduction to Discourse
• Narrative Discourse
• Persuasive Discourse
• Scope of Discourse
• Speech Acts in Linguistics
• Types of Discourse
• What is Discourse

Recommended Books

📚 General Discourse Analysis:

• Alba-Juez, Laura. (2009). Perspectives on Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice. Cambridge.
• Blommaert, J. (2005). Discourse. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Paltridge, Brian. (2006). Discourse Analysis. London: Continuum.
• Schiffrin, D., Tannen, D., & Hamilton, H. (Eds.). (2001). Handbook of Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell.

📚 Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA):

• Bloor, M., & Bloor, T. (2007). The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis: An Introduction. London: Hodder Arnold.
• Caldas-Coulthard, C. R., & Coulthard, M. (Eds.). An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis. London: Continuum.
• Gee, James Paul. (1999). An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method. Routledge.
• Locke, T. (2004). Critical Discourse Analysis. London: Continuum.
• Rogers, R. (Ed.). (2011). An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis in Education (2nd Ed.). London: Routledge.
• Wodak, R., & Meyer, M. (Eds.). (2009). Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis (2nd Revised Ed.). London: Sage.