Browse Hierarchy LANG5001: Critical Linguistics: the Language of Power and Resistance

This module combines contemporary models of critical social theory with the techniques of discourse analysis in the study of media texts. Attention is given to the 'legitimate' interpretation of texts, and how power and dominant social ideologies are represented, embodied in and perpetuated through the reporting of current affairs and popular culture. Focus is also given to those movements of resistance, such as Carnival or Hip Hop culture, and how such subversion is embodied in language. Students are introduced to the concepts and debates surrounding critical language studies and are taught how to apply these to the analysis of everyday, real-world texts.