Through the linguistic analysis of the American Founding Documents and of a corpus of President Obama's speeches, the course provides cultural and linguistic tools useful to decode the basic structures of US political discourse.
1. Lecture notes and documents will be available at:
Centro Stampa “Il Prato”, via Carlo del Prete, 38/R Firenze.
2. P. BAYLEY, D. R. MILLER, Texts and Contexts of the American Dream. A Social Semiotic Study of Political Language, Bologna, Pitagora, 1993, chapters 2, 3;
3. G. LAKOFF, Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Chicago (IL), The University of Chicago Press, 2002, chapter 6;
4. I. MOSCHINI, “Il Grande Cerchio”. Un viaggio nell’immaginario americano, Firenze, Le Lettere, 2007.
(All the books are available in the Faculty Library).
Learning Objectives - Last names M-Z
Through the analysis of original texts, the course will provide cultural and linguistic tools useful to decode the basic structures of US political discourse.
Prerequisites - Last names M-Z
Test B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Teaching Methods - Last names M-Z
Theoretical frontal lessons involving the students’ participation aim to improve their linguistic and cultural skills in decoding specialized texts.
Further information - Last names M-Z
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Type of Assessment - Last names M-Z
The final exam will consist of an English questionnaire.