AMERICAN STUDIES AND LANGUAGES

12 CFU - 1° e 2° semestre

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SALVATORE MARANO - Modulo CULTURAL STUDIES - L-LIN/11 - 6 CFU
FLORIANA PUGLISI - Modulo AMERICAN ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES - L-LIN/11 - 6 CFU


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CULTURAL STUDIES
 *ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1*What are Cultural StudiesThe Cultural Studies Reader 
2*Cultural Studies in UK and the USThe Cultural Studies Reader 
3*S. HallThe Cultural Studies Reader 
4*A. GramsciThe Cultural Studies Reader 
5*R. BarthesThe Cultural Studies Reader 
6*B. AndersonThe Cultural Studies Reader 
7*J. ButlerThe Cultural Studies Reader 
8*Th. Adorno, M. HorkheimerThe Cultural Studies Reader 
9*J. A. RadwayThe Cultural Studies Reader 
10*The US in the SeventiesBaley & D. Farber 
11*Television and Media StudiesMiller 
12*Case Study: Lt ColumboBrunsdale 
AMERICAN ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
 *ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1*The standardization of American English (ideological implications and social issues)Bonfiglio, T.P., Race and the Rise of Standard American, Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2002 (pp. 1-73) 
2*The US multilingual context and the need for Cultural LinguisticsJohnson, J.F., Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2000 (preface + chap. 1, pp. xi-xv, pp. 3-23)  
3*Speech communities and language variationJohnson, J.F., Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2000 (chap. 2, pp. 24-44)  
4*Cultural dimensions of discourseJohnson, J.F., Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2000 (chap. 3, pp. 45-68)  
5*African American discourse and cultureJohnson, J.F., Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2000 (chap. 5, pp. 113-159)  
6*Hispanic Americans: culture and language phenomena Johnson, J.F., Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2000 (chap. 6, pp. 160-196)  
7*The language and cultural identity of Asian AmericansJohnson, J.F., Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2000 (chap. 7, pp. 197-242)  
8*Themes and principles in the analysis of political discourseChilton, P., Schäffner, C., Politics as Text and Talk. Analytic Approaches to Political Discourse, Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002 (cap. 1) 
9*Political Discourse as "mediated discourse": an analytical frameworkFairclough, N., “Political Discourse in the Media: An Analytical Framework”, in A. Bell, P. Garrett, eds., Approaches to Media Discourse, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1998, pp. 142-162.  
10*Political interviewsChilton, P., Schäffner, C., Politics as Text and Talk. Analytic Approaches to Political Discourse, Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002 (cap. 6) 
11*The late-night TV talk showMoleck-Kozakowska, K., “The Late-Night TV Talk Show as a Strategic Genre in American Political Campaigning”, in P. Cap., U. Okulska, eds., Analyzing Genres in Political Communication, Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2013, pp. 321-343. 
12*Political discourse and political cognitionChilton, P., Schäffner, C., Politics as Text and Talk. Analytic Approaches to Political Discourse, Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002 (cap. 7) 
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