Political Discourse Analysis
| Title | Ανάλυση Πολιτικού Λόγου / Political Discourse Analysis |
| Code | ΚΥ0504 |
| Faculty | Social and Economic Sciences |
| School | Political Sciences |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Yannis Stavrakakis |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 100001061 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Politikṓn Epistīmṓn 2023-sīmera
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses beloging to the selected specialization | Winter | - | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600216218
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Class Schedule
| Building | Αμφιθέατρο ΝΟΕ |
| Floor | Ισόγειο |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ Α (155) |
| Calendar | Δευτέρα 12:00 έως 15:00 |
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600216218
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=9431
- OpenCourses (eClass): https://opencourses.auth.gr/courses/OCRS139/
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
- Acquisition of knowledge on discourse analysis (theoretical traditions, conceptual toolkit) allowing the scientific mapping and understanding of the production of public discourse.
- Familiarity with methods of qualitative research in the analysis of political discourse.
- Collection and evaluation of evidence and research resources aiming at the interpretation of political action and the scientific questioning of political identities.
- Processing and synthesis of information from a variety of sources (conventional and electronic) in order to develop organised and persuasive oral and written arguments.
- Design and implementation of research and professional projects with a feeling of social responsibility.
- Development of critical ethos supporting decision-making processes in a democratic public sphere.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course involves a detailed presentation and discussion of the conditions of emergence, the epistemological and conceptual presuppositions, and the methodological innovations associated with the application of discourse analysis in the study of political phenomena. The evaluation of the method’s relevance for political science will be attempted through the analysis of a series of empirical examples and case studies. The course is organized around three separate axes:
1. From ‘ideology’ to ‘political discourse’. After a brief presentation of the modern project of the ‘critique of ideology’, special attention will be given to the difficulties it faces today and to the way constructionist argumentation attempts to resolve them by concentrating on the centrality of the concept of discourse.
2. The epistemological and conceptual framework of a theory of political discourse. In this part of the course we will study the major traditions on which discourse theory and discourse analysis draw in reorienting political study. In particular, we discuss the work of Aristotle (dialectics and rhetoric), Saussure and structuralist linguistics, Barthes and semiological analysis, Foucault’s contribution, Lacan and the psychoanalytic conception of discourse.
3. Methods and strategies of empirical research. Using as a point of reference the work of Laclau and Mouffe, what is attempted here is a survey of a variety of methodologies and techniques of political discourse analysis as developed in the tradition of the ‘Essex School’. Special emphasis is given to the analysis of a variety of empirical examples: the political discourse of the New Social Movements, populist discourse, nationalist discourse and ‘European identity’, the discourse of advertising and its political implications, etc.
Keywords
discourse, ideology, critique, language, hegemony, identity
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.4 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 59 | 2.1 | ✓ | ||
| Open Course study | 39.5 | 1.4 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 137.5 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students are assessed through written examinations at the end of the six-moth term. The submission of essays is also possible after consultation with the instructor.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Laclau, Ernesto & Mouffe, Chantal, Ηγεμονία και σοσιαλιστική στρατηγική, Τρίκαλα: Επέκεινα, 2021
2. Laclau, Ernesto, Για την επανάσταση της εποχής μας, Αθήνα: νήσος, 1997.
Additional bibliography for study
Αριστοτέλης, Ρητορική, 2 τόμοι, Θεσσαλονίκη: Ζήτρος, 2002.
Βανδώρος, Σωτήρης, Εισαγωγή στις πολιτικές ιδεολογίες, Ελληνικά Ακαδημαϊκά Ηλεκτρονικά Συγγράμματα και Βοηθήματα - Αποθετήριο "Κάλλιπος", 2016.
Barthes, Roland, Μυθολογίες, Αθήνα: Ράππας, 1979.
Berger, Peter, και Luckman, Thomas, Η κοινωνική κατασκευή της πραγματικότητας, Αθήνα: νήσος, 2003.
Δοξιάδης, Κύρκος, Ανάλυση λόγου: κοινωνικο-φιλοσοφική θεμελίωση, Αθήνα: Πλέθρον, 2008.
Howarth, David, H έννοια του λόγου, Aθήνα: Πολύτροπον, 2008.
Howarth, David, Norval, Aletta, και Stavrakakis, Yannis (επιμ.) Discourse Theory and Political Analysis, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000.
Howarth, David και Torfing, Jacob (επιμ.) Discourse Theory in European Politics, Λονδίνο: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Jorgensen, Marianne και Philips, Louise, Aνάλυση λόγου: Θεωρία και μέθοδος, Aθήνα: Παπαζήσης, 2009.
Σεβαστάκης, Νικόλας & Σταυρακάκης, Γιάννης, Λαϊκισμός, αντιλαϊκισμός και κρίση, Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 2012.
Last Update
07-09-2022
