POWER BEHIND DISCOURSE Main points in this session: 1. Power behind discourse: Standard language 2. Power behind discourse: discourse types as ‘effects of power’ 3. Power and access to discourse The idea of ‘power behind discourse’ is that the whole social order of discourse is put together and held together as a hidden effect of power. Fairclough (1989) = three aspects of ‘power behind discourse’‚ i.e. of hidden effects of power: 1. Standard language 2. particular discourse types which
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Discourse: Ellen Lupton’s Deconstructivist Theory Key concepts from Ellen Lupton’s A Post-Mortem on Deconstruction? * Deconstruction is part of a broader field of criticism known as “post-structuralism‚” whose theorist have included Jacques Derrida‚ Roland Barthes‚ Michel Foucault‚ Jean Baudrillard‚ among others. Each of these writers has looked at modes of representation – from alphabetic writing to photojournalism – as culturally powerful technologies that transform and construct “reality”
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He describes that a discourse includes all the ways of “being in the word” in which individuals share values‚ words‚ acts‚ beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and social identities (1989). John Swales is another scholar who has defined the concept of the discourse community. He focuses his work on distinguishing speech community from Discourse community. He describes speech communities as groups that share linguistic goals while discourse communities are those groups that have the six
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plausible societies in which everything is perfect presents a kind of challenge for them. Of the many philosophers that have given their two cents on the matter‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx’s are two of the more interesting ones. In Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality‚ he writes about this idea of man in the state of nature‚ and how that the primitive state of man would actually be the ideal form of society. In Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto he writes about communism and how the ideal society would
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other renaissance authors of the epoch‚ make emphasis on his personal views and his opinions on the political matters taking place in Florence‚ Italy. Further discussed in the text are two of Machiavelli’s most renowned works‚ The Prince and the Discourses on Livy. Both books comprehend Machiavelli’s understandings of politics and explicit analysis on the various methods of governments with respect to principalities and republics. Machiavelli had many intentions in mind when he was first writing
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"Three Strikes" Sentences: Expand It‚ Preserve It as is‚ or Abolish It Billy Eugene Yeldell DeVry University: CRMJ-300 May 16‚ 2014 "Three Strikes" Sentences: Expand It‚ Preserve It as is‚ or Abolish It Within picking the topic of "Three Strikes" sentencing and weather to expand it‚ preserve it as is‚ or abolish it. This paper will discuss each of these option and which of these options seem to be the best for our county and its people within the criminal justice system. As well as discuss
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“The Concept of Discourse Community‚” an excerpt from the book Genre Analysis‚ by John Swales attempts to indicate the actual definition of a discourse community. Swales main argument is that there is a difference between a speech community and a discourse community. Also‚ that there are six characteristics a group must meet in order to be a discourse community. Swales then provides examples and discusses issues concerning the idea of a discourse community. In the beginning of Swales argument‚
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The Real Inspector Hound: A discourse of postmodernism In this essay we will try to explain why The Real Inspector Hound is a Postmodernist play. To do this First we must decide on what Postmodernism actually is. As many critics have written many definitions on this subject overlapping and contradicting each other it is hard to find a single definition of postmodernism. So first to embark on this journey‚ we are going to find and state a single definition of postmodernism and afterwards we shall
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story is presented‚ or even the writing styles‚ nothing can compare to how closely related and similar Jonathan Swift and René Descartes are to one another. Although Swift’s “A Modern Proposal” is satire and complete nonsense‚ while Descartes’ “The Discourse on Method” is serious‚ both authors focus on methods‚ proposals‚ and step-by-step ways to come to a final verdict for their own separate topic. Descartes and Swift do not share the same subject or content; it is completely different - one is making
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government all through history and there were three significant revolutions that had occurred in different parts of the world. These revolutions were the American‚ French‚ and Mexican revolutions. There were more revolutions such as the glorious that had happened before the American. The three main revolutions had a lot of similarities in the rise and conclusion‚ but also had many differences of how and who influenced them. One major thing that all three had in common was that their revolutions
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