Language and Power (SoSe 10)

John Bateman

Schedule of Class Meetings

Introduction, Aims, Organisation
1	6.4.2010	Introduction, Aims & Organisation
2	13.4.2010	Power, Ideology and Genre: Seals/Kangaroos
3	20.4.2010	Power, Ideology and Interaction: interpretive repertoires
4	27.4.2010	Presentation: "Discourse Semantics and Ideology"
5	4.5.2010	Presentation: "Ideology and Power in Press and TV news"

6	18.5.2010	Mediating Messages and Ideological Transformations
7	25.5.2010	Analysis of the Leyland Letters
8	1.6.2010	Discussion and Decisions about Analysis Aims and Materials

9	15.6.2010	Dealing with problems arising in the analyses
10	22.6.2010	Presentations
10	29.6.2010	Presentations
11	6.7.2010	Wrap-up and conclusions

Basic reading on functional analysis of texts (Ravelli, 2000)
Reading on Critical Discourse Analysis (Martin, 2000)
The Seals and Kangaroos article (Martin, 1986)
Discourse Semantics and Ideology (van Dijk, 1995)
Representations and Relations: Ideology and Power in Press and TV news (Hartley / Montgomery, 1985)
Ideological Transformations (Kress / Trew, 1978)