SPAN 308 - Power and Ideology: (Critical) Discourse Perspectives

Credits: 3 Prerequisite: SPAN 275 and three additional credits at the 200 level or instructor consent. This course explores different theoretical approaches to account for the relationship between language and power, and therefore the relationship between language use and social processes. In particular, it observes how meaning is constructed and reconstructed in the discourse manifested in different settings and platforms ranging from social media to institutional and official communication. Examples include political discourse from Latin American leaders and media and academic discourses with a focus on Latin America. FDR: HU Reyes.