1. Introduction to Discourse Analysis (lecture)

Required reading

Reisigl, M. (2017). The Discourse-Historical Approach. In The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. Taylor & Francis Group.

Supplementary reading

Dijk, TA van. (2014). Discourse, cognition, society. Discourse studies reader: Main currents in theory and analysis. John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Wodak, R., & Forchtner, B. (Eds.). (2017). The Routledge handbook of language and politics. Taylor & Francis Group.

Hodge, R., & Kress, G. (1988). Appendix: Key Concepts in a Theory of Social Semiotics. In Social Semiotics (pp. 261–272). Cornell University Press.

Slides: PDF

2. Political discourse and the dynamics of sociocultural practices in contemporary Russia (lecture)

Supplementary reading

Sharafutdinova, G. (2021). MMM for VVP: Building the Modern Media Machine. In G. Sharafutdinova, The Red Mirror (pp. 133–149). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197502938.003.0006

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3, 4. Ideological Elements of Putinist Discourse (lecture, seminar)

Required reading

Snegovaya, M., Kimmage, M., & McGlynn, J. (2023). The Ideology of Putinism: Is It Sustainable?