COURSES >>>

EN6521 - Discourse, Ideology and Power

Offering Academic Unit
Department of English
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Course Offering Term*:
Not offering in current academic year

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

The focus of this course is on the ‘critical’ study of discourse, specifically in terms of how the use of language and other semiotic resources is implicated in (re)producing and perpetuating ideological interests and power relations in contemporary society. Students will be introduced to conceptual and analytic frameworks for the critical investigation of linguistic and visual data in various social domains and institutional settings, such as politics and governance, media and advertising, and corporate branding and communication, and be sensitized to how semiotic features reflect and enact particular ideological underpinnings, authority relations, and social currents.


Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 100%
 
Detailed Course Information

EN6521.pdf

Useful Links

Department of English