ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: DOUGLAS PONTONExpected Learning Outcomes
Some linguistic texts (Our Masters Voices Max Atkinson, Politics and the English Language, George Orwell, Aristotle's Rhetoric)
Some political speeches (I have a dream, etc.) from 20th century speakers.
Some linguistic notions will be applied progressively throughout the course so that students will appreciate the processes involved in the creation and delivery of political speeches.
Course Structure
LF
Frontal lesson, pair and small groupwork, reading, translation and summary, video and listening exercises
Required Prerequisites
Detailed Course Content
Some speeches by prominent 20th/21st century politicians: Tony Benn, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Theresa May and Winston Churchill. Studies of the social context of the various speeches and application of the critical methodology to their elucidation.
Textbook Information
The texts are all available on Studium
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | aspetti della retorica Inglese e mondiale | Dispensa di testi presi da varie fonti |
| 2 | partendo da Aristotele per arrivare al discorso politico moderno | |
| 3 | Lezione 1 15\11\2018\12-14: introduzione al corso\elementi della retorica\visione video | Raccolta di testi |
| 4 | Lezione 2 29\11\2018: Ethos Pathos Logos\video | Raccolta di testi |
| 5 | Lezione 3 30\11\2018: Partecipazione a seminar ''Reflections on the US Midterms'' | |
| 6 | Lezione 4 6\12\2018: Lettura 'Our Masters Voices' | Dispensa |
| 7 | Lezione 5: 7\12\2018: I have a dream Martin Luther King | Dispensa |
| 8 | Lezione 6: 13\12\2018: Powerpoint Political Rhetoric | |
| 9 | Lezione 7: 14\12\2018: George Orwell | Dispensa |
| 10 | Lezione 8: 20\12\2018: George Orwell part 2 | Dispensa |
| 11 | Lezione 9: 21\12\2018: Revision theoretical part of programme | Dispensa |
| 12 | Lezione 10: 10\01\2019: Brexit part 1 | Dispensa |
| 13 | Lezione 11: 11\01\2019: Brexit part 2 | Dispensa |
| 14 | Lezione 12: 16\01\2019: Winston Churchill | Dispensa |
| 15 | Lezione 13: 17\01\2019: Student presentations | |
| 16 | Lezione 14: 18\01\2019: Student presentations; Churchill | Dispensa |