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Al-Azhar University Graduate Studies

Faculty of Languages and Translation Second Year


English Department 2013-2014
Course Description of “Discourse Analysis”
Instructor: Prof. Ahmed Skafik Elkhatib

I. Course Objectives

A. The course is intended as a basic introduction to discourse and


discourse analysis (D.A.). The principal aim is to introduce the student
to some of the key concepts in the field, and to provide him with an
opportunity of exploring these concepts in use. The three basic elements
of the course are: presenting and discussing the content or subject
matter of the course, providing the student with the central concepts
involved in discourse and DA; providing samples of spoken and written
language taken from a wide variety of sources, which will illustrate the
major points made in the course; and presenting a number of activities
and projects which will enable students to explore discourse and the
analysis of discourse within their own contexts and from their own
points of view.

B. The course also provides an explicit model for the analysis of spoken
discourse.

C. And finally the course introduces studies of specific modern drama


texts, as well as an attempt to present a linguistic theory of naturally
occurring speech.

II. Course Requirements

A. Attending at least 75% of class sessions, a percentage required by


Article 54 of the Faculty Statute. No student will be allowed to sit for the
final examination (whether the First or the Second Session) unless he
has satisfied this requirement. If you have any circumstances that make
it impossible for you to meet this requirement, because of military
service for example, please do not waste your time. You are advised to
wait until you can.
B. The course is student-oriented, which means that you are required to
make as many presentations as made necessary by the number of
students, and to participate actively in class discussions. Do not expect
me to lecture; I will only moderate the presentation, the ensuing
discussion, and the questions posed by the students. Do not expect me to
provide ready-made answers to your questions. You yourselves will do
this, with me intervening only in case there is more to be said, or if
something goes wrong.

C. You are required to submit an academic-year paper of 20-25 pages


on a topic closely related to the subject matter of the course. You are
also required to inform me and the students of the plan for your paper
by the mid-year vacation, and to get my approval as a result of a
presentation and group discussion of your plan. The final paper is due
at least a month before the examination date.

III. Course Materials

David Nunan, Introducing Discourse Analysis, London: The Penguin


Group, 1993.

Urszula Okulska and Piotr Cap (eds.), Perspectives in Politics and


Discourse, John Benjamins, 2010.

Anita Fetzer and Gerda Eva Lauerbach, Political Discourse in the


Media, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2007.

Samuel Gyasi Obeng and Beverly A. S. Hartford (eds.), Political


Discourse Analysis, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2007.

Willis Edmondson, Spoken Discourse, London and New York:


Longman, 1981.

Deirde Burton, Dialogue and Discourse: A sociolinguistic approach to


modern drama dialogue and naturally occurring conversation, London,
Boston and Henly: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980.

IV. Mark Distribution


15 marks for attendance, presentations, and class discussions;

15 marks for the academic-year paper;

70 marks for the final examination.

(In order to pass you are required to get at least 60 marks in any course,
or an average of 70% in ALL courses combined.)

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